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| Thread ID: 38812 | 2003-10-19 06:28:00 | Scan and sort phone numbers | tedheath (537) | Press F1 |
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| 184745 | 2003-10-19 09:44:00 | why dont u find it each time u get a number instead of scaning the whollllllllllllllle book....... say today u got this number ******* so then u look for the geographical location of that number but it would be handier to know surname first too...or u be there forever.... and did u know its online too...search for surname and location and u get a list of results on www.whitepages.co.nz maybe that would help? |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 184746 | 2003-10-19 09:51:00 | What business are you in? If you have provided credit in the past, then surely you would have the relevant details already? Thought about using trade references, etc? Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 184747 | 2003-10-19 10:15:00 | hi ya have you tried the internet white pages ? as they are usually update? but you wont get unlisted numbers that way, maybe you could short cut it or favourite and have in-stant access to it. it is quite reliable, i use it quite often. beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 184748 | 2003-10-19 10:54:00 | Even with White Pages on the Internet, you cannot reverse look-up to obtain an address from a number. You can buy the directory on CD, for $85.00. I am fairly sure you will not be able to reverse engineer that either, but its cheaper than hand entering into an industrial size (and cost) database. Scanning and OCR would require a very expensive scanner to get close to the accuracy needed, if you ever could that is, and take a l-o-n-g time. I have used credit collection agencies, and suggest they are far cheaper in the long run. Its not your kneecaps at risk from the baseball bat that way... |
godfather (25) | ||
| 184749 | 2003-10-19 12:13:00 | Get a job as the phone person at a taxi company or at pizza hutt. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 184750 | 2003-10-19 20:09:00 | Hi I might have to pay someone to input the data if scanning wont work Good luck to that. I once worked on a project where we employed a team to load over 2 million records by hand. A straight run single load generated more than a 9% error rate - nearly 200,000 errors. A duplicate entry of the same data by another operator reduced this dramatically but of course doubles your costs. |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 184751 | 2003-10-20 01:29:00 | Thanks Godfather thats a good idea I will buy the directory on CD and reverse engineer it to get addresses. thanks tedheath |
tedheath (537) | ||
| 184752 | 2003-10-20 02:50:00 | Anyone else remember "UBD"? They used to publish books which listed every streed address, with the residents' names, and teklephone numbers in numerical sequence withj the names and addresses. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 184753 | 2003-10-20 03:21:00 | Yes we used them all the time when I worked for NAC freight. Become defunct with the Privacy Act and concerns over burglary. |
Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 184754 | 2003-10-20 03:38:00 | NAC like National Airways Corp Friendships and stuff? I am not worried about the privacy act. Customers who don't pay their bills forgo all rights in my book. tedheath |
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