Typically, when you recall someone you haven't have lost touch with or need to contact an acquaintance who you don't have a number for, you simply go to the phone book and look up their last name. Nowadays, most people do not even waste space in their homes with the wasteful paper phone books, but would rather use internet pages containing the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet circumstances occur in most people's lives where they have a phone number and want to identify who it belongs to. Phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the business or person you want to reach, so won't help much. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more complicated because there isn't a cell phone phone book free to the public as with residential numbers. Apparently, technological advances have made another variation of number listing necessary.
Reverse phone lookup is exactly what the name states: it reverses the way you normally use a phone number directory. Instead of browsing for a name to locate a number or address, you look up a phone number to locate the name or even address of whoever the number is registered to.
Most people do not even realize this can be done, yet with the development of reverse phone lookup websites it is now common in the business world. It is also becoming quite popular with people who become curious about a number for whatever reason. It is a new sort of phone book and may very well outdate the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by a lot of disturbing calls, whether they are annoying hang ups, rude pranks, or even telemarketers and bill collectors who don't reveal who they are but call at all hours, there is a way to discover just who is making the calls by accessing one of these websites.
You can visit yellowpages.com and use a free reverse phone lookup website for the most basic information or for published home phone numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be found with any other source besides a more detailed listing.
- * When you have a number but no more information and need a name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unlisted landline number and want to find 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 directories put out quite a bit of time compiling information, ensuring it is as accurate as possible, and saving it all in an organized listing so that it may be easily utilized by people as needed.
A good bit of this information collected is not easy to obtain and some of it must be paid for in advance. For instance, a legitimate, well maintained directory will have to purchase numbers from 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 small charge to gain access to their records.
The key to the fee is it should be small and affordable, usually around a dollar or so for a single phone number lookup and around 15 dollars for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service asking for a high fee for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile websites out there to waste time and money on inaccurate resources, so be certain they actually have the information you need before wasting hard earned money.