Typically, when you remember someone you haven't spoken to in awhile or need to contact an old friend who you don't have a number for, you retrieve the phone book and look up their last name. Yet in current times most people do not even waste space in their 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 circumstances occur in in everyday life where they receive a phone number and need to know who it is connected to. Old style phone books are designed around knowing the name of the business or person you hope to reach, so offer little help. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more troublesome since there isn't a phone number directory free to the community as with landlines. Apparently, developments in technology have made another sort of number directory essential.
Reverse phone lookup is basically what its name states: it reverses the way you normally use a phone number directory. Instead of browsing for a name to locate a phone number or address, you look up a phone number to find the name or address of whoever the number may be listed under.
Most people do not even realize this is possible, but with the existance of reverse phone lookup services it is now common by many businesses. It is also on the rise with individuals who become interested in a number for one reason or another. It is a different take on the phone book and could potentially eliminate the need for phone books in the future.
If you get a lot of unwanted phone calls, whether they are annoying hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even solicitations and bill collectors who don't clearly identify themselves but call constantly, you can figure out just who is making the calls by tapping into one of these websites.
You can visit yellowpages.com and use a limited reverse phone lookup service for very basic information or for listed landline numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be found through any other means besides a more detailed listing.
- * If you have a number but no more information and need a name.
- * When you have someone's cell phone or an unlisted home phone number and need a name, address, or additional information. Yellowpages.com is not likely to help with these sorts of information because it is not equipped with the information you want.
Reverse phone lookup services spend quite a bit of time collecting information, double checking that it is as accurate as possible, and saving it all in an organized directory so that it can be easily utilized by consumers on demand.
A good bit of this information retrieved is not easy to find and some of it must be paid for in advance. For instance, a reputable, up to date directory will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for updated listings of phone numbers. In turn, it is only reasonable that you will have to pay a nominal fee to gain access to their listings.
The key to the charge is it should be low and fair, for the most part about a buck or so for a single phone number search and under fifteen bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory asking for a high charge for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile listings available to waste time and money on inaccurate resources, so ensure they can deliver the information you need before handing over your money.