Typically, when you are thinking about someone you haven't have lost touch with or need to contact an old friend who you don't have a number for, you simply go to the phone book and find their name. Yet in current times most people do not even waste space in their homes with the oversized paper phone books, but go to internet pages containing the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet problems arise in most people's lives where they receive a phone number and want to identify who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the business or person you hope to reach, and therefore offer little help. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more troublesome because there isn't a cell phone phone book free to the public as with standard home phones. Apparently, developments in technology have made another sort of number directory essential.
Reverse phone lookup means exactly what the name states: it reverses the way you typically use a number directory. Rather than browsing for a name to locate a phone number or address, you use a phone number to locate the name or address of whoever the number is listed under.
Many people do not even know this is available, but with the existance of reverse phone lookup directories it is now common by many businesses. It is also on the rise with people who become curious about a number for one reason or another. It is a more modern form of the phone book that may very well eliminate the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you get a lot of unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, rude pranks, or even telemarketers or bill collectors who don't clearly identify themselves but call constantly, there is a way to figure out exactly who is connected to the calls by utilizing one of these services.
You can visit whitepages.com and access a free reverse phone lookup website for the most basic information or for listed landline numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be retrieved through any other source other than a more detailed service.
- * When you have a number but no additional information and must find a name.
- * If you have a cell phone or an unlisted landline number and need a name, address, or other information. Whitepages.com is not likely to help with this type of information because it is not equipped with the information you are searching for.
Reverse phone lookup services put out a lot of time finding information, keeping it as updated as possible, and storing it all in an organized listing so that it may be easily utilized by people on demand.
Much of this information compiled is not easy to obtain and some of it they have to pay for as well. For instance, a reputable, well maintained listing will have to pay cell phone companies for accurate listings of numbers. As with any business, it is to be expected that you will have to hand over a nominal fee to have access to their records.
The key to the charge is it should be low and affordable, usually around a dollar or so for a single phone number lookup and around 15 bucks for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory that demands a large fee for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many good directories out there to throw away time and money on incomplete services, so be certain they can deliver the information you desire before giving them hard earned money.