# I Have Dial Tone Now Can I Find Out Its Phone Number? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 22, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dial-tone-now-can-i-find-out-its-phone-number/309395 "2005-06-22T17:27:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JimMacMillan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7bcc69/32.png) [@JimMacMillan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimMacMillan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dial-tone-now-can-i-find-out-its-phone-number/309395/1 "2005-06-22T17:27:15Z")
When I lived in California I could dial 958-1114 and hear the phone number connected with it. Now I live in Arizona and that number does not work. Are there any dopers around that know the phone number that will tell me what I am looking for? TIA Jim ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dial-tone-now-can-i-find-out-its-phone-number/309395/2 "2005-06-22T17:29:56Z")
Unless you work for the phone company, your chances of finding what the “ANI” (automatic number identifier) number is month-by month are slim to nil. Around here, it changes frequently - apparently the phone company doesn’t want people to know what a given phone’s number is. Fortunately, all you need to do is dial up your cell phone from that line, and the number should be displayed. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dial-tone-now-can-i-find-out-its-phone-number/309395/3 "2005-06-22T17:30:08Z")
One that will work everywhere in the USA: 1-800-444-4444 Just hang up after it reads back your phone number. ---
**Author:** ![zoltar7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b38774/32.png) [@zoltar7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoltar7)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dial-tone-now-can-i-find-out-its-phone-number/309395/4 "2005-06-22T17:30:34Z")
800-444-4444 ---
**Author:** ![JimMacMillan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7bcc69/32.png) [@JimMacMillan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimMacMillan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dial-tone-now-can-i-find-out-its-phone-number/309395/5 "2005-06-22T17:33:35Z")
Thanks Jim ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dial-tone-now-can-i-find-out-its-phone-number/309395/6 "2005-06-22T18:20:07Z")
Of course, if you don’t have caller ID block on your phone (and I think there’s a \* code that allows you to toggle on/off your caller ID info), you can call a cell phone, a friend with caller ID, etc, and get the number that way… ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dial-tone-now-can-i-find-out-its-phone-number/309395/7 "2005-06-22T22:05:35Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Of course, if you don’t have caller ID block on your phone (and I think there’s a \* code that allows you to toggle on/off your caller ID info), you can call a cell phone, a friend with caller ID, etc, and get the number that way… \*82 ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dial-tone-now-can-i-find-out-its-phone-number/309395/8 "2005-06-22T22:58:50Z")
811 works around here.