Normally, when you are thinking about someone you haven't have lost touch with or need to contact an acquaintance who you don't have a number for, you retrieve the phone book and find their name. These days most people do not even waste space in their homes with the chunky paper phone books, but prefer to visit internet pages containing the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet problems arise in in everyday life where they receive a phone number and need to identify who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed only to look up the name of the business or person you need to contact, so offer little help. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more complicated since there isn't a cell phone listing accessible to the community like with landlines. Obviously, developments in technology have made another variation of phone number directory necessary.
Reverse phone lookup is just what the name suggests: it reverses the way you normally use a phone number listing. Instead of searching for a name to locate a phone number or address, you look up a phone number to locate the name or even address of whoever the number may be registered to.
A lot of people do not even know this can be done, yet with the invention of reverse phone lookup directories it is now possible in the business world. It is also becoming quite popular with individuals who get curious about a phone number for for various reasons. It is a new sort of phone book that is likely to eliminate the need for paper phone books in the future.
If you get a lot of disturbing calls, whether they be childish hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even solicitations and collection services who don't leave a message but call nonstop, there is a way to figure out exactly who is connected to the calls by accessing one of these directories.
You can go to yellowpages.com and find a free reverse phone lookup directory for very basic information or for listed landline numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be accessed by any other means besides a more detailed service.
- * When you have a number but no other information and want a matching name.
- * If you have a cell phone or an unlisted landline number and want to find a name, address, or additional information. Yellowpages.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 directories spend a lot of time finding information, ensuring it is as accurate as possible, and storing it all in an organized fashion so that it may be easily used by people on demand.
A lot of this information collected is not easy to find and some of it must be paid for in advance. For instance, a trustworthy, up to date website will have to purchase numbers from cell phone networks for updated listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is only reasonable that you will have to hand over a nominal fee to gain access to their records.
The deal about the fee is it should be small and fair, usually around a buck or so for a one-time phone number lookup and under 15 bucks for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory asking for a large fee for very little information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good websites out there to waste time and money on inaccurate resources, so make sure they are offering the information you want before handing over hard earned money.