Typically, when you are thinking about someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to locate an coworker who you don't have a phone number for, you simply go to the phone book and search for their last name. Nowadays, most people do not even waste space in their living spaces with the wasteful paper phone books, but prefer to visit websites which have the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet circumstances occur in most people's lives where they receive a phone number and need to determine who it belongs to. Phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the business or person you hope to contact, and therefore offer little help. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more difficult since there isn't a phone number phone book accessible to the community as we have with residential numbers. Apparently, developments in technology have made another variation of number listing essential.
Reverse phone lookup is basically what its name suggests: it reverses the method in which you typically use a number listing. Rather than browsing for a name to locate a phone 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 is possible, but with the existance of reverse phone lookup directories it is now possible in the business world. It is also becoming quite popular with individuals who become concerned with a phone number for for various reasons. It is a different take on the phone book that could potentially eliminate the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by a lot of unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even telemarketers and collection services who don't leave a message but call at all hours, it is possible to figure out just who is making the calls by accessing one of these websites.
You can go to yellowpages.com and use a free reverse phone lookup service for the most basic information or for listed home phone numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be accessed with any other means other than a more detailed listing.
- * If you have a phone number but no additional information and must find a matching name.
- * If you have someone's cell phone or an unlisted landline number and want to find a name, address, or other information. Whitepages.com is not going to help with these sorts of information because it is not updated with the information you are searching for.
Reverse phone lookup services spend quite a bit of time obtaining information, ensuring it is as updated as possible, and storing it all in an organized listing so that it can be easily accessed by consumers on demand.
A lot of this information retrieved is not that simple to find and some of it must be paid for in advance. For instance, a legitimate, well maintained listing will have to pay cell phone networks for updated listings of numbers. In turn, it is to be expected that you will have to pay a small charge to have access to their records.
The deal about the charge is it should be small and reasonable, usually around a dollar or so for a single phone number search and around 15 dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory which requires a substantial fee for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good listings available to throw away time and money on inaccurate services, so make sure they actually have the information you desire before wasting your money.