Normally, when you are thinking about someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to contact an acquaintance who you don't have a phone number for, you retrieve the phone book and search for their last name. These days most people do not even take up room in their homes with the oversized paper phone books, but would rather use internet pages containing the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet things happen in in everyday life where they have a phone number and want to identify who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed around knowing the name of the business or person you hope to connect with, and therefore are useless. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more troublesome since there isn't a phone number phone book accessible to the public like with residential numbers. Obviously, developments in technology have made another type of phone number compilation essential.
Reverse phone lookup means exactly what its name states: it reverses the way you normally use a phone number listing. Instead of browsing for a name to find a number or address, you use a phone number to locate the name or even address of whoever the number is registered to.
Many people do not even know this is available, yet with the invention of reverse phone lookup directories it is now possible in the business world. It is also becoming quite popular with people who become concerned with a phone number for whatever reason. It is a different take on the phone book that is likely to erase the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you are receiving a lot of unwanted phone calls, whether they be childish hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even solicitations and collection services who don't clearly identify themselves but call constantly, there is a way to identify just who is making the calls by utilizing one of these websites.
You can check out yellowpages.com and access a limited reverse phone lookup directory for the most basic information or for listed landline numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be accessed with any other resource besides a more detailed listing.
- * If you have a phone number but no other information and must find a corresponding name.
- * If you have a cell phone or an unlisted landline number and want to find a name, address, or other information. Whitepages.com is not going to help with this type of information because it is not updated with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup directories spend quite a bit of time finding information, double checking that it is as updated as possible, and storing it all in an organized listing so that it may be easily used by consumers on demand.
A good bit of this information retrieved is not easy to locate and some of it must be paid for as well. For instance, a trustworthy, up to date directory will have to pay cell phone networks for updated listings of numbers. As with any business, it is to be expected that you will be required to pay a small charge to have access to their information.
The key to the fee is it should be small and fair, typically around a buck or so for a single phone number search and about fifteen bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory asking for a high fee for very little information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many valuable directories out there to waste time and money on incomplete resources, so be certain they actually have the information you desire before wasting hard earned money.