Normally, when you remember someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to communicate with an coworker who you don't have a number for, you retrieve the phone book and search for their name. Yet in current times most people do not even waste space in their living spaces with the chunky paper phone books, but prefer to visit 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 need to identify who it belongs to. Phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the person you need to reach, so won't help much. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more difficult since there isn't a cell phone listing free to the public as with residential numbers. Clearly, technological advances have made another variation of number listing necessary.
Reverse phone lookup is just what its name states: it reverses the way you normally use a number listing. Rather than browsing for a name to get to a number or address, you look up a phone number to find the name or even address of whoever the number is listed under.
A lot of people do not even realize this can be done, yet with the invention of reverse phone lookup websites it is now widely used in the business world. It is also becoming quite popular with people who become concerned with a phone number for one reason or another. It is a new sort of phone book and is likely to eliminate the need for paper phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by too many disturbing calls, whether they are annoying hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even solicitations and bill collectors who don't clearly identify themselves but call nonstop, you can discover exactly who is connected to the calls by tapping into one of these services.
You can visit whitepages.com and find a limited reverse phone lookup directory for very basic information or for listed home phone numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be accessed through any other means besides a more detailed listing.
- * When you have a phone number but no more information and want a matching 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 going to help with this type of information because it is not equipped with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup services spend a lot of time finding information, double checking that it is as updated as possible, and saving it all in an organized directory so that it can be easily used by consumers as needed.
Much of this information retrieved is not that simple to obtain and some of it must be paid for as well. For instance, a trustworthy, well maintained listing will have to pay cell phone networks for accurate listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is only reasonable that you will be required to pay a nominal fee to have access to their records.
The deal about the charge is it should be low and fair, typically around a dollar or so for a single phone number lookup and under 15 bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory that demands a large charge for very little information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many good directories out there to throw away time and money on inaccurate services, so make sure they are offering the information you need before wasting hard earned money.