Normally, when you are thinking about someone you haven't spoken to in awhile or need to locate an old friend who you don't have a phone number for, you simply go to the phone book and search for their last name. These days most people do not even take up room in their living spaces with the wasteful paper phone books, but prefer to visit internet pages containing the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet problems arise in most people's lives where they receive a phone number and want to identify who it belongs to. Phone books are designed only to look up the name of the business or person you hope to connect with, so are useless. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more troublesome because there isn't a cell phone directory accessible to the public like with standard home phones. Apparently, technological advances have made another variation of number directory essential.
Reverse phone lookup means basically what its name states: it reverses the way you typically use a number directory. Instead of searching for a name to find a number or address, you look up a phone number to retrieve the name or even address of whoever the number may be registered to.
Most people do not even know this is possible, yet with the invention of reverse phone lookup websites 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 different take on the phone book and could potentially erase the need for phone books in the future.
If you get a high volume of unwanted phone calls, whether they be childish hang ups, rude pranks, or even telemarketers and bill collectors who don't reveal who they are but call nonstop, you can discover exactly who is connected to the calls by utilizing one of these directories.
You can check out whitepages.com and use a free reverse phone lookup website for the most basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be accessed by any other source other than a more detailed directory.
- * If you have a phone number but no other information and must find a name.
- * If you have someone's cell phone or an unlisted residential number and need a name, address, or other information. Whitepages.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 compiling information, keeping it as updated as possible, and storing it all in an organized directory so that it may be easily accessed by consumers as needed.
A lot of this information retrieved is not easy to locate and some of it must be paid for in advance. For instance, a trustworthy, up to date directory will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for accurate listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is understandable that you will have to pay a nominal fee to have access to their information.
The deal about the fee is it should be small and fair, for the most part around a dollar or so for a one-time phone number search and under 15 bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory that demands a large charge for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile directories out there to throw away time and money on incomplete resources, so ensure they actually have the information you desire before giving them your money.