How to get the Service Provider for a phone #?

[CATERHAM]

Not really a computer question but I thought some smart computer experts might have some ideas.
I'm trying to contact the owner of a phone that was loaned to me in an emergency situation from which I made a call.
The party I called won't help.
I know the original service provider was Bell but they say they are no longer.
I've been told to just dial 611 but as far as I know that will only work from if you dial from the phone number that I made the call to and I can't do that.

Any ideas or am I SOL?

 

[Doog]

Do you still have the phone that was loaned to you?

 

[CATERHAM]

No, I returned the phone to her after the call was made.

 

[jrustles]

Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
No, I returned the phone to her after the call was made.



Ahh yeaaah, do I detect a "missed connection"?

 

[CATERHAM]

I wish, although she did go out of her way to be helpful.
She actually was the sole eye-witness to an accident. It's not considered serious enough by the police (deemed non criminal at this point) to get a warrant.
So I'm on my own in trying to track her down.

 

[scurvy]

Craigslist?

 

[CATERHAM]

Originally Posted By: scurvy
Craigslist?

You mean to run an ad' asking the witness to contact me?
I've already done that in our local community newspaper and got no response.

I'm really inquiring as to a technical way to at least determine the service provider of the number called and I can take it from there. I've called 10 providers so far and have been told it's not their number.

 

[BigCahuna]

When I get what I consider a fake response to one of my CL posts, I type in their number to google. Sometimes you get all their info, sometime not.,,

 

[Phishin]

There are a ton of services out there that charges a nominal fee for you to get the info for any phone number. I think it's usually like $5-10 for a single number, or unlimited access for $50 for a year.

 

[CATERHAM]

Originally Posted By: Phishin
There are a ton of services out there that charges a nominal fee for you to get the info for any phone number. I think it's usually like $5-10 for a single number, or unlimited access for $50 for a year.

Really!
Do you have the contact info for some?

 

[CATERHAM]

Thanks to OVERKILL he provided the following link:

http://www.searchbug.com/tools/landline-or-cellphone.aspx

I ran the number and have identified it as a VoIP service provider, but their system can't apparently narrow it down any further than that. It could be Vonage, Ring Central, VoIP.com, Google Voice or some other VoIP service provider.
I'll try contacting those four to see if I get lucky.

 

[CATERHAM]

Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
Originally Posted By: scurvy
Craigslist?

You mean to run an ad' asking the witness to contact me?
I've already done that in our local community newspaper and got no response.


Up-date.
With no response to the ad', the editor of my local community paper (Burlington Post) suggested I run a "Letter the the Editor" including a photo and they'd run it.
It worked!
The witness just lives a couple of kms north of me.
Unfortunately she didn't get the plate number (I thought she had) although she did get a good description of the car, colour and driver (beige older model Corolla). So I'm pretty much out of luck although it does give me some closure having spoken to the witness.