Typically, 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 phone number for, you of course find the phone book and find their last name. Yet in current times most people do not even waste space in their office or homes with the oversized paper phone books, but would rather use websites which have the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet problems arise in in everyday life where they receive a phone number and need to identify who it is connected to. Phone books are designed only to look up the name of the person you hope to contact, and therefore offer little help. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more troublesome because there isn't a cell phone phone book accessible to the community as we have with landlines. Apparently, developments in technology have made another type of phone number listing necessary.
Reverse phone lookup means basically what its name states: it reverses the way you typically use a phone number directory. Instead of looking up a name to find a phone number or address, you use a phone number to find the name or even address of whoever the number may be listed under.
A lot of people do not even realize this can be done, yet with the existance of reverse phone lookup websites it is now widely used in the business world. It is also growing with people who become concerned with a number for one reason or another. It is a more modern form of the phone book that is likely to outdate the need for phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by a lot of unwanted phone calls, whether they are annoying hang ups, rude pranks, or even telemarketers or bill collectors who don't reveal who they are but call constantly, it is possible to identify exactly who is making the calls by accessing one of these directories.
You can visit yellowpages.com and use a free reverse phone lookup service for the most basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be retrieved through any other means other than a more detailed listing.
- * When you have a phone number but no additional information and need a matching name.
- * If you have a cell phone or an unpublished landline number and want to find a name, address, or other information. Whitepages.com is not likely to help with this type of information because it is not equipped with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup directories put out quite a bit of time obtaining information, double checking that it is as updated as possible, and saving it all in an organized listing so that it may be easily utilized by consumers on demand.
Much of this information compiled is not easy to obtain and some of it they have to pay for in advance. For instance, a trustworthy, up to date website will have to pay cell phone companies for accurate listings of phone numbers. In turn, it is understandable that you will have to hand over a nominal fee to have access to their listings.
The deal about the fee is it should be small and affordable, for the most part about a dollar or so for a one-time phone number search and around 15 bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any site which requires a large fee for very little information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many valuable listings out there to waste time and money on inaccurate services, so ensure they actually have the information you want before wasting hard earned money.