Typically, when you remember someone you haven't have lost touch with or need to locate an coworker who you don't have a phone number for, you retrieve the phone book and find their last name. Yet in current times most people do not even take up room in their office or homes with the wasteful 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 want to identify who it belongs to. Phone books are designed only to look up the name of the person you want to reach, so offer little help. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more difficult since there isn't a phone number directory accessible to the community as with landlines. Apparently, developments in technology have made another variation of phone number directory necessary.
Reverse phone lookup functions basically what the name states: it reverses the way you normally use a phone number directory. Instead of looking up a name to find a phone number or address, you look up a phone number to locate the name or address of whoever the number may be listed under.
Many people do not even realize this can be done, but with the development of reverse phone lookup websites it is now widely used by many businesses. It is also on the rise with people who get curious about a phone number for for various reasons. It is a new sort of phone book that is likely to outdate the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by too many unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even telemarketers or collection services who don't clearly identify themselves but call at all hours, it is possible to identify just who is making the calls by accessing one of these directories.
You can go to yellowpages.com and use a limited reverse phone lookup service for the most basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be retrieved with any other source besides a more detailed directory.
- * When you have a phone number but no additional information and need a matching name.
- * If you have a cell phone or an unlisted home phone number and want to find a name, address, or additional information. Whitepages.com is not likely to help with these sorts of information because it is not equipped with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup directories put out quite a bit of time collecting information, double checking that it is as accurate as possible, and saving it all in an organized listing so that it can be quickly utilized by consumers as needed.
A lot of this information compiled is not easy to locate and some of it must be paid for in advance. For example, a reputable, well maintained directory will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for updated listings of numbers. As with any business, it is only reasonable that you will have to hand over a small fee to have access to their information.
The key to the fee is it should be low and reasonable, for the most part about a dollar or so for a one-time phone number lookup and under fifteen dollars for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service asking for a high fee for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many good listings available to throw away time and money on inaccurate services, so make sure they actually have the information you want before wasting hard earned money.