Normally, when you are thinking about someone you haven't have lost touch with or need to contact an old friend who you don't have a phone number for, you retrieve the phone book and search for their last name. Nowadays, most people do not even take up room in their living spaces with the chunky 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 have a phone number and need to determine who it is connected to. Old style phone books are designed only to look up the name of the business or person you want to connect with, and therefore are useless. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more difficult since there isn't a cell phone directory accessible to the public as we have with landlines. Apparently, developments in technology have made another variation of number directory essential.
Reverse phone lookup is just what the name suggests: it reverses the way you normally use a number directory. 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 listed under.
Most people do not even realize this can be done, but with the existance of reverse phone lookup websites it is now possible by many businesses. It is also growing with individuals who become concerned with a phone number for one reason or another. It is a new sort of phone book that could potentially eliminate the need for paper phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by too many unwanted phone calls, whether they are annoying hang ups, rude pranks, or even solicitations and collection services who don't clearly identify themselves but call constantly, it is possible to identify exactly who is connected to the calls by accessing one of these services.
You can go to yellowpages.com and access a free reverse phone lookup service for very basic information or for listed landline numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be found with any other resource besides a more detailed service.
- * If you have a number but no additional information and must find a name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unlisted landline number and need a name, address, or other information. Yellowpages.com will not help with these sorts of information because it is not updated with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup directories spend a lot of time finding information, ensuring it is as accurate as possible, and saving it all in an organized directory so that it can be quickly utilized by people as needed.
A good bit of this information collected is not that simple to locate and some of it must be paid for in advance. For example, a trustworthy, well maintained listing will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for accurate listings of phone numbers. In turn, it is only reasonable that you will be required to hand over a small fee to have access to their records.
The key to the charge is it should be small and reasonable, typically about a dollar or so for a one-time phone number lookup and around fifteen bucks for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any site that demands a substantial charge for very little information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many good listings out there to throw away time and money on incomplete services, so ensure they actually have the information you need before handing over your money.