Normally, when you recall someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to communicate with an coworker who you don't have a number for, you retrieve the phone book and look up their name. Nowadays, most people do not even waste space in their office or homes with the wasteful paper phone books, but would rather use internet pages containing the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet problems arise in in everyday life where they obtain a phone number and need to identify who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed only to look up the name of the person you hope to connect with, so won't help much. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more difficult since there isn't a phone number listing accessible to the public as with residential numbers. Apparently, developments in technology have made another sort of number directory essential.
Reverse phone lookup is just what the name suggests: it reverses the method in which you normally use a number directory. Instead of searching for a name to locate a phone number or address, you are using a phone number to locate the name or even address of whoever the number is listed under.
A lot of people do not even realize this is possible, but with the invention of reverse phone lookup directories it is now common in the business world. It is also becoming quite popular with people who find themselves concerned with a phone number for whatever reason. It is a new sort of phone book and is likely to erase the need for paper phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by too many disturbing calls, whether they are annoying hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even telemarketers and bill collectors who don't reveal who they are but call constantly, it is possible to discover exactly who is making the calls by accessing one of these websites.
You can check out yellowpages.com and use a limited reverse phone lookup directory for the most basic information or for listed home phone numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be retrieved through any other resource besides a more detailed service.
- * If you have a number but no additional information and must find a matching name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unpublished home phone number and want to find a name, address, or additional information. Yellowpages.com is not going to help with these sorts of information because it is not updated with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup directories put out quite a bit of time collecting information, keeping it as updated as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized listing so that it can be easily accessed by consumers whenever needed.
A lot of this information retrieved is not easy to obtain and some of it they have to pay for as well. For example, a trustworthy, well maintained website will have to pay cell phone companies for accurate listings of numbers. In turn, it is understandable that you will have to pay a nominal charge to have access to their records.
The key to the charge is it should be small and fair, for the most part around a dollar or so for a one-time phone number search and around 15 bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service asking for a large fee for very little information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good directories out there to waste time and money on incomplete resources, so ensure they actually have the information you want before handing over hard earned money.