Normally, when you are thinking about someone you haven't have lost touch with or need to locate an coworker who you don't have a phone number for, you of course find the phone book and look up their name. Nowadays, most people do not even take up room in their homes with the chunky paper phone books, but prefer to visit internet pages containing the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet things happen in most people's lives where they obtain a phone number and want to identify who it is connected to. Phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the business or person you need to connect with, and therefore offer little help. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more troublesome since there isn't a cell phone phone book free to the public like with residential numbers. Clearly, technological advances have made another type of phone number directory essential.
Reverse phone lookup is basically what the name states: it reverses the way you usually use a phone number directory. Instead of looking up a name to find a number or address, you are using a phone number to locate the name or address of whoever the number is listed under.
Many people do not even realize this can be done, but with the invention of reverse phone lookup websites it is now possible by many businesses. It is also on the rise with people who find themselves curious about a phone number for for various reasons. It is a new sort of phone book that is likely to outdate the demand for phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by a high volume of unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even telemarketers and bill collectors who don't reveal who they are but call constantly, there is a way to discover just who is connected to the calls by utilizing one of these services.
You can go to yellowpages.com and use a limited reverse phone lookup website for the most basic information or for published home phone numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be retrieved through any other resource besides a more detailed directory.
- * When you have a phone number but no more information and must find a corresponding name.
- * If you have someone's cell phone or an unlisted residential number and want to find a name, address, or additional information. Whitepages.com is not likely to help with these sorts of information because it is not equipped with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup services put out quite a bit of time obtaining information, ensuring it is as updated as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized fashion so that it may be easily used by people as needed.
A lot of this information retrieved is not that simple to obtain and some of it must be paid for in advance. For example, a reputable, up to date listing will have to pay cell phone networks 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 records.
The key to the fee is it should be small and reasonable, typically around a dollar or so for a single phone number search and around fifteen dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service which requires a large fee for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many valuable directories out there to waste time and money on inaccurate services, so make sure they are offering the information you desire before handing over your money.