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Alice <alice@aljan.com.au> wrote in message
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> Rod Speed <rod.speed@usa.net> wrote
>> MaxiE <maxkmc@dds.nl> wrote

>>> Hiya pplz, Hope somebody could give me a hand on this one........

>>> I'm looking for the australian white pages on CD + a suitable
>>> "search"-util. To be precise.... There is a util where you can
>>> search by street/postal code or by number. Not only by name.
>>> Somebody told me the name but i forgot it :((
>>> ( so _only_ by entering the street + city,
>>> i want to find the name+phonenumber)

>> DTMS has one, http://www.dtms.com.au/

>> Its very expensive if you want to search by street name and number tho.

> Paid around $700 for my copy of Marketing Pro.

The price varys with the coverage with that.

> About 10-15% of the addresses were out of date but I spose you get that.

Yeah, unavoidable I spose.

> I've generated a sizeable chunk of business with it, as well as
> tracking down a couple of people who thought their anonymity
> was guaranteed :) Betcha THAT hurt, sunshine - nothing like an
> early morning knock to wake you up (AND I used the doorbell!).

Yeah, can be useful.

> BTW does anyone know how DTMS' court battle with telstra ended  up?

Dont think its reached a conclusion yet.

>> Their much cheaper Aust on Disc will do all the other searches,
>> including by phone number. It has a crude search by street
>> address too for the residential numbers if you know the trick.

> Interesting. What's the trick?

You basically subset the data on either the postcode or suburb
and the list is sorted by street name and number so you can
just scroll thru the list to the street you are interested in etc.

Doesnt work with the commercial section because its sorted by
business name instead. The entrys are all there with the street
address, but its nothing like as useful when you have to scroll thru
a list sorted by business name looking for each one in the street you
are interested in. And you cant dump the subset list and resort it with
something else either, you can only save a single entry at a time.