Normally, when you remember someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to contact an coworker who you don't have a number for, you of course find the phone book and find their last name. Yet in current times most people do not even waste space in their office or homes with the chunky paper phone books, but go to internet pages containing the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet circumstances occur in in everyday life where they receive a phone number and want to know who it is connected to. Old style phone books are designed only to look up the name of the business or person you need to reach, so offer little help. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more troublesome because there isn't a cell phone listing accessible to the community as with standard home phones. Obviously, developments in technology have made another sort of number directory essential.
Reverse phone lookup is just what the name suggests: it reverses the method in which you typically use a number listing. Rather than searching for a name to find a number or address, you look up a phone number to find the name or address of whoever the number is listed under.
Most people do not even realize this is possible, but with the existance of reverse phone lookup directories it is now possible in the business world. It is also on the rise with individuals who become curious about a number for for various reasons. It is a different take on the phone book and could potentially erase the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you get a lot of unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even solicitations and bill collectors who don't reveal who they are but call nonstop, there is a way to figure out exactly who is connected to the calls by utilizing one of these services.
You can check out whitepages.com and access a free reverse phone lookup service for the most basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be found with any other source other than a more detailed directory.
- * When you have a phone number but no more information and want a name.
- * When you have someone's cell phone or an unlisted 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 are searching for.
Reverse phone lookup services spend a lot of time finding information, keeping it as accurate as possible, and storing it all in an organized fashion so that it may be easily used by consumers on demand.
A lot of this information retrieved is not that simple to obtain and some of it must be paid for in advance. For example, a legitimate, up to date listing will have to purchase numbers from cell phone networks for updated listings of phone numbers. In turn, it is understandable that you will be required to hand over a nominal charge to gain access to their information.
The deal about the charge is it should be low and affordable, for the most part about a dollar or so for a single phone number search and around 15 bucks for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service that demands a large charge for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many good websites out there to throw away time and money on incomplete resources, so make sure they are offering the information you need before wasting your money.