Aug 05 2007

Nifty little app

Published by Andrew at 12:01 AM under geeking

Useful for those unix users in the US (and possibly Canada). Not so much for everyone else.

[andrew@ratbert ~]$ alias telco=”whois -h whois.telcodata.us”
[andrew@ratbert ~]$ telco 972-783
Telcodata.US Whois Server
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Access from 64.92.166.187 was logged
Your command was: 972-783
Data for 972 - 783 follows:
Area-code: 972
Exchange: 783
State: TX
Company: SOUTHWESTERN BELL
Type: RBOC
Ratecenter: DALLAS
Switchtype: WECO 5ESS (Digital)
CLLI: DLLSTXRNDS0
By using this service, you agree to use it for low volume occasional use,
and agree to not use any sort of mechanized or automated query methods,
or any other high volume methods.
Violation of this TOS will result in blocking.

Easy way to look up what city a given areacode / prefix goes to. (Among other interesting data.)