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Free People Searching Utilities?

Posted by Cliff on from the reach-out-reach-out-and-touch-someone dept.

nasteric asks: "I travel a lot for my job and I meet quite a few people when I go out for **beverages** It might be at a club in Spain, a pub in Ireland or at a Manhattan bar. Unfortunately, I don't bring my PDA to many of these places so I have to resort to getting email addresses/phone numbers on napkins or old receipts. I usually end up losing these napkins/receipts during the course of the night/morning and when I try to get in touch with them I usually don't remember their email address or phone number. Lately, I've been using some free online utilities to look up phone numbers/email addresses but I know there have to be better resources. As a result, I am turning to the Slashdot community for help. Does anybody know of any FREE online resources for locating email addresses/phone numbers, assuming you have the persons name and city/country of residence? Any online utility will suffice, whether it be a telephone companies website or a sited designed specifically to be an online directory." For phone numbers, about the best resource I have found is The Ultimates is a site that seems to do it all. What other similar sites have you found?

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  1. pull it together, man by tps12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ask Slashdot: I'm an alcoholic who can't figure out how to work my PDA when being given someone's fake number at the seedy bar down the street. Can someone help me? Anyone?

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  2. um, the yellow pages? by kootch · · Score: 3, Informative

    www.superpages.com by verizon.

    even has reverse lookup... for those times when you have the girl's phone number but forget her name ;)

  3. AnyWho by FreeMath · · Score: 3, Informative

    AnyWho is run by AT&T. It seems fairly complete, and is regularly updated.

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  4. It's a survival mechanism. by cornice · · Score: 5, Funny
    when I go out for **beverages** --snip-- I usually end up losing these napkins/receipts

    Your subconscious mind is only trying to protect you.

  5. "The Ultimates" useless. by Domini · · Score: 3, Insightful

    From what you said, you travel a lot. "The Ultimates" is for US only.

    Pity. Keep on searching.

    I shall refrain from making apt derogatory comments regarding bars and picking up women. Iam an adult, after all. ;)

    Me.