Typically, when you recall someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to communicate with an old friend who you don't have a phone number for, you retrieve the phone book and look up their name. Yet in current times most people do not even waste space in their living spaces with the wasteful paper phone books, but prefer to visit internet pages containing the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet problems arise in most people's lives where they obtain a phone number and want to identify who it is connected to. Old style phone books are designed only to look up the name of the person you hope to contact, so won't help much. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more troublesome because there isn't a cell phone directory free to the public as with landlines. Clearly, developments in technology have made another type of phone number listing necessary.
Reverse phone lookup functions basically what its name suggests: it reverses the method in which you normally use a phone number directory. Instead of looking up a name to locate a phone number or address, you use a phone number to retrieve the name or even address of whoever the number may be registered to.
Most people do not even realize this can be done, but with the invention of reverse phone lookup services it is now possible by many businesses. It is also growing with individuals who find themselves curious about a number for for various reasons. It is a more modern form of the phone book and may very well eliminate the need for paper phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by a lot of disturbing calls, whether they be childish hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even solicitations or collection services who don't clearly identify themselves but call constantly, you can identify exactly who is making the calls by utilizing one of these websites.
You can go to yellowpages.com and use a limited reverse phone lookup website for very basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be retrieved through any other source other than a more detailed service.
- * When you have a number but no more information and must find a corresponding name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unpublished home phone number and need a name, address, or other information. Yellowpages.com is not going 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 obtaining information, ensuring it is as updated as possible, and storing it all in an organized directory so that it may be quickly utilized by people 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 legitimate, well maintained directory will have to pay cell phone networks for updated listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is to be expected that you will have to pay a nominal charge to have access to their listings.
The deal about the fee is it should be low and fair, usually around a dollar or so for a single phone number search and under 15 bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service which requires a high fee for very little information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile websites out there to throw away time and money on inaccurate services, so ensure they can deliver the information you want before handing over your money.