Normally, when you recall someone you haven't spoken to in awhile or need to communicate with an acquaintance who you don't have a phone number for, you retrieve the phone book and find 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 problems arise in most people's lives where they have a phone number and need to determine who it belongs to. Phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the person you hope to reach, so are useless. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more complicated since there isn't a cell phone phone book accessible to the community as we have with residential numbers. Apparently, technological advances have made another sort of number compilation essential.
Reverse phone lookup functions exactly what the name suggests: it reverses the method in which you normally use a number directory. Rather than browsing for a name to get to a number or address, you use a phone number to retrieve the name or address of whoever the number may be listed under.
Most people do not even realize this can be done, yet with the development of reverse phone lookup directories it is now common in the business world. It is also becoming quite popular with people who become interested in a phone number for one reason or another. It is a different take on the phone book and could potentially erase the need for paper phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by a high volume of unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even solicitations and bill collectors who don't clearly identify themselves but call constantly, you can figure out just who is connected to the calls by utilizing one of these websites.
You can go to whitepages.com and find a free reverse phone lookup directory for the most basic information or for listed landline numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be found through any other means besides a more detailed service.
- * If you have a phone number but no more information and want a corresponding name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unlisted landline number and want to find a name, address, or other 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 services put out a lot of time compiling information, ensuring it is as updated as possible, and saving it all in an organized directory so that it can be quickly used by consumers whenever needed.
Much of this information retrieved is not easy to locate and some of it they have to pay for in advance. For instance, a legitimate, well maintained listing will have to pay cell phone networks for accurate listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is understandable that you will be required to pay a small fee to gain access to their listings.
The key to the fee is it should be low and fair, for the most part about 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 which requires a high fee for very little information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good listings available to waste time and money on incomplete services, so make sure they actually have the information you want before handing over your money.