On 16 Apr 2000, 13:27, ProRec wrote:
> I would like to purchase software that will find fax numbers. I've heard
> of such software that will, I believe, dial all the phone numbers in
> each phone exchange you want and find all the dedicated fax numbers. It
> will then record them in a list for you. Does anyone know where I could
> find this? Thanks.
Except for horseshoes and washers, there are no points for getting
close, but I'll throw this program at the stake:
---Business Finder---
BusinessFinder allows you to quickly find any business in the US and
Canada, displaying the company name and address, as well as phone and
fax numbers.
You can perform a business name search using an exact match or a
partial one, and include the city, state, country, and zip code.
You can also search by category (your own of one of the already defined
categories), and include the city, state, country, and zip code, or
simply search by phone number.
In addition, BusinessFinder lets you view the progress of your search,
and enables you to save and print the results.
http://www.thedigitaldetective.com/BusinessFinder/default.htm
~~~
Now then...I note a couple of other respondents to your question were
making assumptions as to your purpose in acquiring this type of
software. The same thing crossed my mind, but I still spent an hour or
so searching for you. I did not find a concrete answer for you, but in
my findings, it was clear we were probably dealing with some very
expensive software and serverware. You might be better off contracting
with a Telemarketing firm. There are hardware and software packages
you can purchase for big bucks that do auto dialer and "predictive
dialing" and some of them would probably keep logs of the finds. But
again, I got the idea these were not simple little PC programs to run
on Windows 98. :-)
Of course, if your purpose to locate the fax numbers in a given area is
for avoiding them later in a telemarketing campaign, then indeed, you
should be looking for "predictive dialers:"
"A predictive dialer is a telephone control system that automatically
calls a list of telephone numbers in sequence and screens out no-
answers, busy signals, answering machines, and disconnected numbers
while predicting at what point a human caller will be able to handle
the next call. Predictive dialers are commonly used for telemarketing,
surveys, appointment confirmation, payment collection, and service
follow-ups. Sellers of predictive dialer systems claim that they
greatly increase caller productivity. The phone calls you receive from
"no one there" are often predictive dialer calls in which a manual
caller isn't ready yet."
You will need to find a predictive dialer or telemarketing service with
predictive dialing that will screen out fax machines. I believe some
will do this.
Go to your favorite search engine that allows math symbols and enter
the following into the search box:
+predictive +dialer
That will get you started on your research.
Alan
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