Normally, when you are thinking about someone you haven't spoken to in awhile or need to communicate with an coworker who you don't have a number for, you of course find the phone book and look up their name. These days most people do not even waste space in their homes with the oversized paper phone books, but go to internet pages containing the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet things happen in most people's lives where they receive a phone number and need to determine who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the person you need to contact, so offer little help. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more troublesome since there isn't a phone number phone book accessible to the community like with standard home phones. Apparently, technological advances have made another variation of phone number listing essential.
Reverse phone lookup means basically what its name states: it reverses the way you usually use a phone number listing. Rather than browsing for a name to find a number or address, you are using a phone number to retrieve the name or address of whoever the number may be registered to.
Many people do not even know this is possible, but with the development of reverse phone lookup websites it is now possible in the business world. It is also becoming quite popular with individuals who find themselves curious about a number for for various reasons. It is a new sort of phone book that could potentially erase the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by too many unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, rude pranks, or even telemarketers or collection services who don't leave a message but call nonstop, you can identify just who is making the calls by tapping into one of these websites.
You can go to whitepages.com and use a limited reverse phone lookup website for very basic information or for listed landline numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be accessed by any other source other than a more detailed listing.
- * If you have a phone number but no other 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 additional 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 quite a bit of time compiling information, keeping it as accurate as possible, and saving it all in an organized listing so that it may be easily utilized by consumers as needed.
A good bit of this information compiled is not easy to locate and some of it they have to pay for in advance. For example, a legitimate, well maintained listing will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for updated listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is only reasonable that you will have to hand over a nominal charge to gain access to their listings.
The key to the charge is it should be small and affordable, for the most part about a dollar or so for a single phone number lookup and under fifteen dollars for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory asking for a large charge for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many valuable listings available to waste time and money on inaccurate resources, so ensure they are offering the information you desire before giving them hard earned money.