Normally, when you are thinking about someone you haven't spoken to in awhile or need to contact an coworker who you don't have a phone number for, you retrieve the phone book and find their last name. Nowadays, most people do not even take up room in their office or homes with the wasteful paper phone books, but prefer to visit internet pages containing the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet circumstances occur in in everyday life where they obtain a phone number and want to know who it belongs to. Phone books are designed only to look up the name of the business or person you want to reach, and therefore are useless. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more troublesome since there isn't a cell phone listing accessible to the public as with standard home phones. Obviously, developments in technology have made another variation of number directory essential.
Reverse phone lookup is basically what the name states: it reverses the method in which you typically use a phone number listing. Rather than browsing for a name to locate a number or address, you are using a phone number to find the name or address of whoever the number may be registered to.
Most people do not even know this is available, but with the invention of reverse phone lookup directories it is now possible in the business world. It is also becoming quite popular with people who find themselves curious about a phone number for whatever reason. It is a different take on the phone book and could potentially outdate the need for paper phone books in the future.
If you are receiving a lot of disturbing calls, whether they are annoying hang ups, rude pranks, or even solicitations or collection services who don't leave a message but call nonstop, there is a way to discover just who is making the calls by tapping into one of these directories.
You can check out yellowpages.com and find a free reverse phone lookup service for the most basic information or for published home phone numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be retrieved with any other source besides a more detailed service.
- * If you have a number but no more information and must find a corresponding name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unpublished residential number and want to find a name, address, or other information. Yellowpages.com is not likely to help with these sorts 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 accurate as possible, and storing it all in an organized listing so that it may be easily used by consumers as needed.
Much of this information retrieved is not easy to find and some of it must be paid for as well. For instance, a trustworthy, up to date website will have to purchase numbers from cell phone networks for accurate listings of numbers. In turn, it is only reasonable that you will be required to pay a nominal fee to gain access to their information.
The key to the fee is it should be small and fair, typically about a buck or so for a one-time phone number lookup and about 15 bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any site which requires a large charge for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many valuable listings available to waste time and money on incomplete services, so ensure they are offering the information you need before giving them your money.