Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:,

[Don McKenzie]

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no longer free.

I reported this site back on the the 5th of July.
http://www.reversephones.com.au/

Guess what?
no longer free.

Unlimited for $10.00
Subscriptions allow you to search our full database far more cheaply than purchasing individual pages of results.
Subscribe for $10.00/month for unlimited searches!

100 for $3.00
Subscribe for $3.00/month for 100 searches – that's only $0.03/search.

10 for $2.00
If you're a more casual user, or just interested in trying out our service, you can purchase a premium key good for ten
searches/month. If you cancel your subscription, you can still use whatever searches you have remaining.

1 for $1.00
Just want one results page? Enter the number you're looking for in the search box above and purchase the results for $1.00.


Oh well, I would have to be desperate to get a number to subscribe to that.

Cheers Don...

===================

--
Don McKenzie

Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap
E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email
Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam
No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam

USB Isolator 1000VDC For Protecting Your PC OR Laptop
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/usb-iso-low-full-speed-usb-isolator.html

These products will reduce in price by 5% every month:
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/minus-5-every-month.html

 

[Rob]

On 27/08/2010 7:14 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no longer free.

I reported this site back on the the 5th of July.
http://www.reversephones.com.au/

Guess what?
no longer free.

Unlimited for $10.00
Subscriptions allow you to search our full database far more cheaply
than purchasing individual pages of results.
Subscribe for $10.00/month for unlimited searches!

100 for $3.00
Subscribe for $3.00/month for 100 searches – that's only $0.03/search.

10 for $2.00
If you're a more casual user, or just interested in trying out our
service, you can purchase a premium key good for ten searches/month. If
you cancel your subscription, you can still use whatever searches you
have remaining.

1 for $1.00
Just want one results page? Enter the number you're looking for in the
search box above and purchase the results for $1.00.


Oh well, I would have to be desperate to get a number to subscribe to that.

Cheers Don...

===================

Noticed this the other day.

If you gave a donation early in the piece, it seems, then you still get
it free.

r

 

[Arm's Length]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:14:32 +1000
Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote:

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no longer
free.

It was predictable. I was in fact waiting for it to occur and was
wondering how long it would take before we saw commercialism raise its
ugly head and restrictiveness become the rule as the presiding
paradigmatic representation. It assuredly bucks against the pure
phreaker mindset, as was originally out-pictured in years gone by. In
our so-called progressive world, I am afraid money speaks the loudest
and the longest.

I think as time progresses you'll see the bulk of that which
was free in the past turning the commercial route. Even some of the
previously free online content on the daily rag sites are heading to
the commercial trend.

There are a plethora of other sites available of a commercial nature
online, it is therefore disappointing that we could not have at least
one non-commercial reverse lookup site and especially such a one
dedicated to Australian telephone numbers. Than again, as
representative of the spirit conveyed in some of my previous posts,
what indeed would one expect of humans other than a commercialised
life mentality in a considerably over-the-top precipitant.

At the very least am able to say that I made some use of it in the early
stages, in that minuscule period in time when it was free and less
restrictive than it eventually became in its development.

My advice to anyone and everyone is, take full advantage of anything
you can that is currently free because the push to commercialism is on
in full force and is only going to become the deemed norm of the human
experience in a contrived human society where dumbed-down thinking is
at play.

It is all very well to bespeak of the cost to provide this, that or the
other service, but few genuinely look for alternatives whereby a free
service can be offered and continued. Also, the presiding thought
nowadays seems to be that the people have bottomless pockets from which
they can extract money at any time and in any quantity.

 

[Rob]

On 27/08/2010 2:17 PM, Arm's Length wrote:

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:14:32 +1000
Don McKenzie<5V@2.5A> wrote:

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no longer
free.

It was predictable. I was in fact waiting for it to occur and was
wondering how long it would take before we saw commercialism raise its
ugly head and restrictiveness become the rule as the presiding
paradigmatic representation. It assuredly bucks against the pure
phreaker mindset, as was originally out-pictured in years gone by. In
our so-called progressive world, I am afraid money speaks the loudest
and the longest.

I think as time progresses you'll see the bulk of that which
was free in the past turning the commercial route. Even some of the
previously free online content on the daily rag sites are heading to
the commercial trend.

Another example is Mailwasher the latest version is a regular period
payment unlike the old versions of a one off payment.

There are a plethora of other sites available of a commercial nature
online, it is therefore disappointing that we could not have at least
one non-commercial reverse lookup site and especially such a one
dedicated to Australian telephone numbers. Than again, as
representative of the spirit conveyed in some of my previous posts,
what indeed would one expect of humans other than a commercialised
life mentality in a considerably over-the-top precipitant.

At the very least am able to say that I made some use of it in the early
stages, in that minuscule period in time when it was free and less
restrictive than it eventually became in its development.

My advice to anyone and everyone is, take full advantage of anything
you can that is currently free because the push to commercialism is on
in full force and is only going to become the deemed norm of the human
experience in a contrived human society where dumbed-down thinking is
at play.

It is all very well to bespeak of the cost to provide this, that or the
other service, but few genuinely look for alternatives whereby a free
service can be offered and continued. Also, the presiding thought
nowadays seems to be that the people have bottomless pockets from which
they can extract money at any time and in any quantity.

 

[Arm's Length]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:03:59 +1000
Rob <mesamine@gmail.com> wrote:

On 27/08/2010 2:17 PM, Arm's Length wrote:
On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:14:32 +1000
Don McKenzie<5V@2.5A> wrote:

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no
longer free.

It was predictable. I was in fact waiting for it to occur and was
wondering how long it would take before we saw commercialism raise
its ugly head and restrictiveness become the rule as the presiding
paradigmatic representation. It assuredly bucks against the pure
phreaker mindset, as was originally out-pictured in years gone by.
In our so-called progressive world, I am afraid money speaks the
loudest and the longest.

I think as time progresses you'll see the bulk of that which
was free in the past turning the commercial route. Even some of the
previously free online content on the daily rag sites are heading to
the commercial trend.


Another example is Mailwasher the latest version is a regular period
payment unlike the old versions of a one off payment.

Life in a monetary-based and supremely dependent societal construct is a
bitch, to put it mildly.

And just consider some of the hardware examples, like the chipped
printer cartridges that expire at a predetermined date even though
their is still ink and sometimes plenty of ink left in the darn
cartridge. That's another and well defined rip-off, notwithstanding the
more or less implausible argument of the manufacturers that with the
age of the ink comes a potential deterioration in printing quality. In
the final analysis, control IMHO should be left in the hands of the
end-user and they shouldn't be dictated to by those overt commercial
interests who would decide on our behalf.

 

[Don McKenzie]

On 27/08/2010 8:03 PM, Rob wrote:

Another example is Mailwasher the latest version is a regular period payment unlike the old versions of a one off payment.

I was a big fan of mailwasher and one of their first customers. I gave them one email address to contact me on:
mailwasher_AT_@dontronics.com. They were the only company given that email address to contact me on.

After receiving one spam and one virus through this email address to me, I dumped them. Mind you that was about 8 years
ago. They explained the first one, but never ever got back to me on the second one.

And if you want to know how to simply get rid of Email Spam:
http://www.dontronics.com/spam

Cheers Don...

=======================



--
Don McKenzie

Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap
E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email
Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam
No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam

USB Isolator 1000VDC For Protecting Your PC OR Laptop
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/usb-iso-low-full-speed-usb-isolator.html

These products will reduce in price by 5% every month:
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/minus-5-every-month.html

 

[who where]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:17:00 +1000, Arm's Length
<a-long-stretch@infinity.net> wrote:

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:14:32 +1000
Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote:

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no longer
free.

It was predictable. I was in fact waiting for it to occur and was
wondering how long it would take before we saw commercialism raise its
ugly head and restrictiveness become the rule as the presiding
paradigmatic representation. It assuredly bucks against the pure
phreaker mindset, as was originally out-pictured in years gone by. In
our so-called progressive world, I am afraid money speaks the loudest
and the longest.

I think as time progresses you'll see the bulk of that which
was free in the past turning the commercial route.
(snip)

Like once upon a time you could walk into the local Post Office and
browse freely (in both senses) through a hard-copy electoral roll.

 

[Rob]

On 28/08/2010 5:28 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:

On 27/08/2010 8:03 PM, Rob wrote:

Another example is Mailwasher the latest version is a regular period
payment unlike the old versions of a one off payment.

I was a big fan of mailwasher and one of their first customers. I gave
them one email address to contact me on: mailwasher_AT_@dontronics.com.
They were the only company given that email address to contact me on.

After receiving one spam and one virus through this email address to me,
I dumped them. Mind you that was about 8 years ago. They explained the
first one, but never ever got back to me on the second one.

And if you want to know how to simply get rid of Email Spam:
http://www.dontronics.com/spam

Cheers Don...

=======================



I use http://www.auhost4u.com.au/ for my web hosting and it costs me

$2.08/mth with the 25% discount this includes the domain name.

 

[Dennis]

"who where" <noone@home.net> wrote in message
news:6eog769vkq4ae0205qm9kvnvmqups2j873@4ax.com...

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:17:00 +1000, Arm's Length
a-long-stretch@infinity.net> wrote:

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:14:32 +1000
Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote:

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no longer
free.

It was predictable. I was in fact waiting for it to occur and was
wondering how long it would take before we saw commercialism raise its
ugly head and restrictiveness become the rule as the presiding
paradigmatic representation. It assuredly bucks against the pure
phreaker mindset, as was originally out-pictured in years gone by. In
our so-called progressive world, I am afraid money speaks the loudest
and the longest.

I think as time progresses you'll see the bulk of that which
was free in the past turning the commercial route.
(snip)

Like once upon a time you could walk into the local Post Office and
browse freely (in both senses) through a hard-copy electoral roll.

What is the situation with them now? Public library??

 

[terryc]

On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:28:18 +1000, Don McKenzie wrote:

I was a big fan of mailwasher and one of their first customers. I gave
them one email address to contact me on: mailwasher_AT_@dontronics.com.
They were the only company given that email address to contact me on.

This is what I do. Most effective.

 

[Rod Speed]

Dennis wrote

who where <noone@home.net> wrote
Arm's Length <a-long-stretch@infinity.net> wrote
Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no longer free.

It was predictable. I was in fact waiting for it to occur and was
wondering how long it would take before we saw commercialism raise
its ugly head and restrictiveness become the rule as the presiding
paradigmatic representation. It assuredly bucks against the pure
phreaker mindset, as was originally out-pictured in years gone by.
In our so-called progressive world, I am afraid money speaks the
loudest and the longest.

I think as time progresses you'll see the bulk of that which
was free in the past turning the commercial route.

Like once upon a time you could walk into the local Post Office and
browse freely (in both senses) through a hard-copy electoral roll.

What is the situation with them now? Public library??

http://www.aec.gov.au/enrolling_to_vote/about_electoral_roll/how_to_view_electoral_roll.htm

 

[SG1]

"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8dt59sFrauU1@mid.individual.net...

Dennis wrote
who where <noone@home.net> wrote
Arm's Length <a-long-stretch@infinity.net> wrote
Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no longer
free.

It was predictable. I was in fact waiting for it to occur and was
wondering how long it would take before we saw commercialism raise
its ugly head and restrictiveness become the rule as the presiding
paradigmatic representation. It assuredly bucks against the pure
phreaker mindset, as was originally out-pictured in years gone by.
In our so-called progressive world, I am afraid money speaks the
loudest and the longest.

I think as time progresses you'll see the bulk of that which
was free in the past turning the commercial route.

Like once upon a time you could walk into the local Post Office and
browse freely (in both senses) through a hard-copy electoral roll.

What is the situation with them now? Public library??

http://www.aec.gov.au/enrolling_to_vote/about_electoral_roll/how_to_view_electoral_roll.htm
They are a bit slow on the update at the AEC, my local member won in a

landslide (as usual) but according to the aec I don't have a local member.

>

 

[who where]

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:10:47 +1000, "Rod Speed"
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

Dennis wrote
who where <noone@home.net> wrote
Arm's Length <a-long-stretch@infinity.net> wrote
Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no longer free.

It was predictable. I was in fact waiting for it to occur and was
wondering how long it would take before we saw commercialism raise
its ugly head and restrictiveness become the rule as the presiding
paradigmatic representation. It assuredly bucks against the pure
phreaker mindset, as was originally out-pictured in years gone by.
In our so-called progressive world, I am afraid money speaks the
loudest and the longest.

I think as time progresses you'll see the bulk of that which
was free in the past turning the commercial route.

Like once upon a time you could walk into the local Post Office and
browse freely (in both senses) through a hard-copy electoral roll.

What is the situation with them now? Public library??

http://www.aec.gov.au/enrolling_to_vote/about_electoral_roll/how_to_view_electoral_roll.htm

Intrstingly, that page states "The roll is not available for sale in
any format". Maybe the key words are "for sale", as local pollies get
their state roll supplied FOC on CD.

 

[annily]

On 29-08-10 11:19, who where wrote:

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:10:47 +1000, "Rod Speed"
rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

Dennis wrote
who where<noone@home.net> wrote
Arm's Length<a-long-stretch@infinity.net> wrote
Don McKenzie<5V@2.5A> wrote

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no longer free.

It was predictable. I was in fact waiting for it to occur and was
wondering how long it would take before we saw commercialism raise
its ugly head and restrictiveness become the rule as the presiding
paradigmatic representation. It assuredly bucks against the pure
phreaker mindset, as was originally out-pictured in years gone by.
In our so-called progressive world, I am afraid money speaks the
loudest and the longest.

I think as time progresses you'll see the bulk of that which
was free in the past turning the commercial route.

Like once upon a time you could walk into the local Post Office and
browse freely (in both senses) through a hard-copy electoral roll.

What is the situation with them now? Public library??

http://www.aec.gov.au/enrolling_to_vote/about_electoral_roll/how_to_view_electoral_roll.htm

Intrstingly, that page states "The roll is not available for sale in
any format". Maybe the key words are "for sale", as local pollies get
their state roll supplied FOC on CD.

If it's available to view electronically at their offices, I wonder why
they couldn't put it on the web?

--
Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia,
which probably influences my opinions.

 

[Rod Speed]

SG1 wrote:

"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8dt59sFrauU1@mid.individual.net...
Dennis wrote
who where <noone@home.net> wrote
Arm's Length <a-long-stretch@infinity.net> wrote
Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no
longer free.

It was predictable. I was in fact waiting for it to occur and was
wondering how long it would take before we saw commercialism raise
its ugly head and restrictiveness become the rule as the presiding
paradigmatic representation. It assuredly bucks against the pure
phreaker mindset, as was originally out-pictured in years gone by.
In our so-called progressive world, I am afraid money speaks the
loudest and the longest.

I think as time progresses you'll see the bulk of that which
was free in the past turning the commercial route.

Like once upon a time you could walk into the local Post Office and
browse freely (in both senses) through a hard-copy electoral roll.

What is the situation with them now? Public library??

http://www.aec.gov.au/enrolling_to_vote/about_electoral_roll/how_to_view_electoral_roll.htm

They are a bit slow on the update at the AEC, my local member won in a
landslide (as usual) but according to the aec I don't have a local member.

Thats not the electoral roll, thats the election result.

The AEC only updates the final election result when the ballot is declared and that wont happen for about a week
now with most of the seats, they have to allow a couple of weeks for all the postal ballots to have come in.

And even then the result can be legally disputed at times too.

 

[Rod Speed]

annily wrote:

On 29-08-10 11:19, who where wrote:
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:10:47 +1000, "Rod Speed"
rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

Dennis wrote
who where<noone@home.net> wrote
Arm's Length<a-long-stretch@infinity.net> wrote
Don McKenzie<5V@2.5A> wrote

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no
longer free.

It was predictable. I was in fact waiting for it to occur and was
wondering how long it would take before we saw commercialism
raise its ugly head and restrictiveness become the rule as the
presiding paradigmatic representation. It assuredly bucks
against the pure phreaker mindset, as was originally
out-pictured in years gone by. In our so-called progressive
world, I am afraid money speaks the loudest and the longest.

I think as time progresses you'll see the bulk of that which
was free in the past turning the commercial route.

Like once upon a time you could walk into the local Post Office
and browse freely (in both senses) through a hard-copy electoral
roll.

What is the situation with them now? Public library??

http://www.aec.gov.au/enrolling_to_vote/about_electoral_roll/how_to_view_electoral_roll.htm

Intrstingly, that page states "The roll is not available for sale in
any format". Maybe the key words are "for sale", as local pollies
get their state roll supplied FOC on CD.

If it's available to view electronically at their offices, I wonder
why they couldn't put it on the web?

They can, but choose not to.

There has been considerable controversy about having the date online
where it can be used to chase up where people currently are etc.

 

[SG1]

"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8duc6aFvgU1@mid.individual.net...

SG1 wrote:
"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8dt59sFrauU1@mid.individual.net...
Dennis wrote
who where <noone@home.net> wrote
Arm's Length <a-long-stretch@infinity.net> wrote
Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no
longer free.

It was predictable. I was in fact waiting for it to occur and was
wondering how long it would take before we saw commercialism raise
its ugly head and restrictiveness become the rule as the presiding
paradigmatic representation. It assuredly bucks against the pure
phreaker mindset, as was originally out-pictured in years gone by.
In our so-called progressive world, I am afraid money speaks the
loudest and the longest.

I think as time progresses you'll see the bulk of that which
was free in the past turning the commercial route.

Like once upon a time you could walk into the local Post Office and
browse freely (in both senses) through a hard-copy electoral roll.

What is the situation with them now? Public library??

http://www.aec.gov.au/enrolling_to_vote/about_electoral_roll/how_to_view_electoral_roll.htm

They are a bit slow on the update at the AEC, my local member won in a
landslide (as usual) but according to the aec I don't have a local
member.

Thats not the electoral roll, thats the election result.

The AEC only updates the final election result when the ballot is declared
and that wont happen for about a week
now with most of the seats, they have to allow a couple of weeks for all
the postal ballots to have come in.

And even then the result can be legally disputed at times too.

75% of the about 90% vote counted so far. And they still won't put him over
the line, only an 18th century though and it won't be dragged kicking and
screaming into the 19th.

 

[annily]

On 29-08-10 15:46, Rod Speed wrote:

annily wrote:
On 29-08-10 11:19, who where wrote:
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:10:47 +1000, "Rod Speed"
rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

Dennis wrote
who where<noone@home.net> wrote
Arm's Length<a-long-stretch@infinity.net> wrote
Don McKenzie<5V@2.5A> wrote

Free reverse telephone, searches for numbers in Australia:, no
longer free.

It was predictable. I was in fact waiting for it to occur and was
wondering how long it would take before we saw commercialism
raise its ugly head and restrictiveness become the rule as the
presiding paradigmatic representation. It assuredly bucks
against the pure phreaker mindset, as was originally
out-pictured in years gone by. In our so-called progressive
world, I am afraid money speaks the loudest and the longest.

I think as time progresses you'll see the bulk of that which
was free in the past turning the commercial route.

Like once upon a time you could walk into the local Post Office
and browse freely (in both senses) through a hard-copy electoral
roll.

What is the situation with them now? Public library??

http://www.aec.gov.au/enrolling_to_vote/about_electoral_roll/how_to_view_electoral_roll.htm

Intrstingly, that page states "The roll is not available for sale in
any format". Maybe the key words are "for sale", as local pollies
get their state roll supplied FOC on CD.

If it's available to view electronically at their offices, I wonder
why they couldn't put it on the web?

They can, but choose not to.

There has been considerable controversy about having the date online
where it can be used to chase up where people currently are etc.


I don't understand why, if anyone can walk into an AEC office and get

the information anyway.

--
Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia,
which probably influences my opinions.

 

[annily]

On 29-08-10 17:44, terryc wrote:

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:17:09 +0930, annily wrote:

I don't understand why, if anyone can walk into an AEC office and get
the information anyway.

Because you have to manually transcribe it there.
Online, you could automate it and pull the lot for junk mailing, etc.


Surely they could restrict the way in which you search it, like the

online White Pages?

--
Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia,
which probably influences my opinions.

 

[terryc]

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:37:52 +1000, SG1 wrote:

They are a bit slow on the update at the AEC, my local member won in a
landslide (as usual) but according to the aec I don't have a local
member.

What percentage of postal votes does your electorate have?
All the pre-poll out of area, postal, etc votes have until Sept 3rd to be
received.