Normally, when you remember someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to communicate with an coworker who you don't have a phone number for, you of course find the phone book and look up their last name. Yet in current times most people do not even take up room in their living spaces with the oversized paper phone books, but go to websites which have the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet circumstances occur in most people's lives where they receive a phone number and want to know who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed around knowing the name of the person you need to connect with, so won't help much. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more difficult since there isn't a cell phone directory free to the community as with landlines. Apparently, developments in technology have made another variation of phone number compilation necessary.
Reverse phone lookup is just what the name states: it reverses the method in which you usually use a number listing. Instead of looking up a name to locate a phone number or address, you use a phone number to find the name or address of whoever the number is listed under.
Most people do not even know this is available, but with the development of reverse phone lookup services it is now common by many businesses. It is also on the rise with individuals who find themselves concerned with a number for whatever reason. It is a more modern form of the 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 childish hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even telemarketers or collection services who don't reveal who they are but call at all hours, it is possible to figure out exactly who is making the calls by utilizing one of these services.
You can visit whitepages.com and find a limited reverse phone lookup website for very basic information or for listed home phone numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be retrieved through any other source other than a more detailed listing.
- * When you have a phone number but no additional information and want a matching name.
- * When you have someone's cell phone or an unpublished residential number and want to find a name, address, or additional information. Yellowpages.com will not help with these sorts of information because it is not equipped with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup services put out a lot of time collecting information, ensuring it is as updated as possible, and storing it all in an organized fashion so that it can be quickly used by consumers as needed.
Much of this information retrieved is not that simple to obtain and some of it must be paid for as well. For example, a legitimate, well maintained website will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for updated listings of numbers. As with any business, 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 low and reasonable, for the most part about a dollar or so for a one-time phone number lookup and around 15 bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory that demands a substantial fee for very little information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good listings available to waste time and money on incomplete services, so be certain they actually have the information you need before wasting hard earned money.