Usually, 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 of course find the phone book and find their last name. These days most people do not even take up room in their office or homes with the wasteful paper phone books, but go to internet pages containing the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet things happen in in everyday life where they obtain a phone number and need to determine 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 connect with, so offer little help. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more complicated since there isn't a phone number listing accessible to the public like with residential numbers. Obviously, developments in technology have made another type of number directory necessary.
Reverse phone lookup means just what its name states: it reverses the method in which you usually use a phone number listing. Rather than searching for a name to get to a phone 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 know this is possible, yet with the invention of reverse phone lookup websites it is now possible by many businesses. It is also becoming quite popular with individuals who find themselves interested in a phone number for one reason or another. It is a new sort of phone book that is likely to eliminate the need for paper phone books in the future.
If you are receiving a lot of disturbing calls, whether they be childish hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even telemarketers and bill collectors who don't leave a message but call constantly, you can identify exactly who is connected to the calls by accessing one of these websites.
You can visit yellowpages.com and access a limited reverse phone lookup directory for very basic information or for listed landline numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be retrieved by any other source besides a more detailed directory.
- * If you have a number but no additional information and want a corresponding name.
- * If you have a cell phone or an unlisted home phone number and need 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 want.
Reverse phone lookup directories spend quite a bit of time compiling information, ensuring it is as updated as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized listing so that it can be quickly accessed by consumers as needed.
Much of this information retrieved is not that simple to locate and some of it must be paid for as well. For instance, a reputable, accurate 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 low and reasonable, typically about a dollar or so for a single phone number search and under 15 dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any site asking for a substantial charge for very little information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many good listings available to waste time and money on incomplete services, so ensure they are offering the information you desire before wasting your money.