Normally, when you remember someone you haven't spoken to in awhile or need to locate an acquaintance who you don't have a phone 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 office or homes with the wasteful 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 know who it belongs to. Phone books are designed around knowing the name of the business or person you need to contact, and therefore are useless. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more difficult since there isn't a cell phone phone book free to the community as we have with standard home phones. Apparently, technological advances have made another type of number directory essential.
Reverse phone lookup means just what the name states: it reverses the method in which you typically use a phone number listing. Rather than searching for a name to find a number or address, you look up a phone number to locate the name or address of whoever the number is registered to.
Most people do not even know this can be done, but with the existance of reverse phone lookup directories it is now possible by many businesses. It is also growing with individuals who become concerned with a number for one reason or another. It is a new sort of phone book and is likely to eliminate the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by too many disturbing calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even telemarketers or bill collectors who don't leave a message but call constantly, it is possible to identify exactly who is making the calls by accessing one of these websites.
You can go to whitepages.com and find a limited reverse phone lookup service for the most basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be accessed by any other resource besides a more detailed directory.
- * If you have a phone number but no additional information and need a name.
- * If you have someone's cell phone or an unlisted home phone number and want to find a name, address, or additional information. Whitepages.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 put out a lot of time finding information, ensuring it is as accurate as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized fashion so that it can be quickly utilized by consumers as needed.
A lot of this information collected is not easy to obtain and some of it must be paid for as well. For instance, a legitimate, accurate listing will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for updated listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is to be expected that you will be required to pay a nominal fee to gain access to their records.
The deal about the fee is it should be small and fair, usually about a dollar or so for a single phone number lookup and under fifteen dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service asking for a substantial charge for very little information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good directories out there to throw away time and money on inaccurate services, so be certain they are offering the information you need before wasting hard earned money.