Typically, 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 number for, you retrieve the phone book and look up 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 things happen in most people's lives where they obtain a phone number and need to know who it is connected to. Phone books are designed only to look up the name of the business or person you want to connect with, and therefore are useless. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more complicated because there isn't a cell phone listing accessible to the public as we have with landlines. Apparently, developments in technology have made another type of number compilation essential.
Reverse phone lookup means just what the name suggests: it reverses the method in which you normally use a number listing. Instead of searching for a name to find a number or address, you look up 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, yet with the invention of reverse phone lookup directories it is now common in the business world. It is also on the rise with individuals who become concerned with a phone number for whatever reason. It is a more modern form of the phone book that could potentially outdate the need for paper phone books in the future.
If you get a high volume of unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even solicitations or bill collectors who don't clearly identify themselves but call constantly, you can discover exactly who is making the calls by accessing one of these services.
You can check out whitepages.com and use a free reverse phone lookup directory for the most basic information or for listed landline numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be accessed with any other source besides a more detailed listing.
- * If you have a number but no additional information and must find a corresponding name.
- * If you have a cell phone or an unpublished residential number and want to find a name, address, or additional information.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 collecting information, ensuring it is as accurate as possible, and storing it all in an organized listing so that it may be easily accessed by people as needed.
A good bit of this information retrieved is not easy to find and some of it must be paid for in advance. For example, a reputable, well maintained website will have to pay cell phone networks for updated listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is only reasonable that you will be required to hand over a nominal charge to gain access to their listings.
The deal about the charge is it should be low and fair, for the most part about a buck or so for a one-time phone number lookup and under fifteen dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory which requires a substantial charge for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many good directories out there to waste time and money on incomplete services, so ensure they are offering the information you need before wasting your money.