Usually, when you are thinking about someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to communicate with an old friend who you don't have a number for, you retrieve the phone book and search for their last name. Nowadays, most people do not even take up room in their homes with the chunky paper phone books, but prefer to visit websites which have the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet things happen in most people's lives where they receive a phone number and need to know who it is connected to. Phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the person you want to contact, so won't help much. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more troublesome since there isn't a phone number directory accessible to the public as we have with residential numbers. Clearly, technological advances have made another sort of number compilation necessary.
Reverse phone lookup means just what its name states: it reverses the way you typically use a phone number listing. Rather than browsing for a name to get to a phone number or address, you use a phone number to retrieve the name or address of whoever the number is listed under.
Many people do not even know this is available, yet with the invention of reverse phone lookup services it is now possible in the business world. It is also on the rise with people who get interested in a phone number for for various reasons. It is a new sort of phone book and is likely to eliminate the demand for phone books in the future.
If you get a high volume of unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even solicitations and collection services who don't reveal who they are but call nonstop, you can identify 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 directory for very basic information or for listed home phone 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 phone number but no more information and need a name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unpublished landline number and need a name, address, or other information. Yellowpages.com is not likely to help with this type of information because it is not updated with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup directories put out a lot of time obtaining information, ensuring it is as accurate as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized directory so that it can be easily used by people on demand.
A lot of this information compiled is not that simple to find and some of it must be paid for as well. For example, a reputable, up to date website will have to pay cell phone companies for accurate listings of phone numbers. In turn, it is only reasonable that you will have to hand over a nominal fee to gain access to their information.
The key to the fee is it should be small and affordable, usually around a buck or so for a single phone number search and under fifteen dollars for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory which requires a large fee for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good directories available to waste time and money on inaccurate services, so make sure they can deliver the information you desire before handing over your money.