# Online White Pages

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-white-pages/634728>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 14, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-white-pages/634728 "2012-09-14T20:43:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-white-pages/634728/1 "2012-09-14T20:43:39Z")

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Used to be I could find someone’s phone number online.

[Whitepages.com](http://Whitepages.com), et al would return an address and number.

Now it seems they’re all in cahoots with Intellius or similar companies that want to squeeze money out of me to get to the number, as well as their criminal history, address history and more.

Sometimes, I just need a number when I’m not near my cell phone or at home.

Does anyone know of a website that still just gives basic info for free?

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**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-white-pages/634728/2 "2012-09-14T22:16:39Z")

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[zabasearch.com](http://zabasearch.com) is one. Also, [peoplefinders.com](http://peoplefinders.com). You can usually avoid any paid services fairly easily, though they all seem to have links to Intellius at some point on their website.