We used to stare in awe and amusement at films where people would open up a suitcase to pull out a telephone handset the size of half a house and put it to their ear. Back then no one could have imagined that we would all have a telephone in our pocket in just a few years time. We were only just getting used to the idea that most people had a telephone in their house but now every member of my family has at least one cell phone in use plus the now antiquated land line in the house.
It's only a matter of time before the land line is a thing of the past as we come to rely on the cellular phone network more and more. At the time of writing I personally have 2 working cell phones and a handful of perfectly serviceable but not used phones in my drawer. Please don't ask why because the answer would be embarrassing if I didn't know that I'm not the only one in this situation by a long shot.
The death of the telephone directory
Back in the day you could look up anyone's phone number in the telephone directory unless they explicitly excluded themselves and went ex directory. The days of the printed telephone book must now be numbered. Not only does it use up significant parts of a rainforest every time a new one is printed but it's becoming less and less important as you find yourself wanting to find cell phone numbers more often than land line numbers.
Life was much simpler back then. If someone was not at home or able to take a call at work then you could not contact them. It was a simple as that. I don't know about you but I have lot of trouble trying to explain what life was like back then to my children who can't imagine a world without personal communication devices. My daughter firmly believes that she could not live without hers.
Finding someone's cell phone number
The telephone directory is becoming obsolete and it's no good for finding peoples cell phone numbers anyway. So how do you find out someone's telephone number today? There is no equivalent to the land line directory for cell phones. At least not a printed one and typing the number into a search engine like Google, Yahoo or Bing is a long shot at best. For this to work they would have to have published their number on a web page somewhere. this is something that you are told not to do for security reasons.
Long live the public records web site
It's not as if the information that you need to find someone or their cell phone number doesn't exist because it does. It must exist somewhere or else the network would not function. But where do you go to find it? The best place to start looking is a public records database organized for you online so that you can search for people using your web browser. These web sites have been collecting cell phone numbers and other public information about people for years and it's all there waiting for you to find it. It can be as easy as entering the name of the person that you are looking to find their phone number.
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