Usually, 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 search for their last name. Nowadays, most people do not even waste space in their living spaces with the chunky paper phone books, but go to internet pages containing the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet problems arise in in everyday life where they have a phone number and need to know who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed around knowing the name of the person you hope to contact, so are useless. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more complicated because there isn't a cell phone phone book free to the public as with standard home phones. Clearly, developments in technology have made another sort of number compilation essential.
Reverse phone lookup means basically what the name suggests: it reverses the way you normally use a number listing. Rather than searching for a name to find a phone number or address, you are using a phone number to retrieve the name or address of whoever the number is registered to.
Most people do not even know this can be done, yet with the invention of reverse phone lookup websites it is now widely used in the business world. It is also becoming quite popular with people who find themselves interested in a phone number for one reason or another. It is a new sort of phone book that may very well erase the demand for phone books in the future.
If you are receiving a lot of unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even telemarketers and bill collectors who don't leave a message but call constantly, there is a way to identify just who is connected to the calls by accessing one of these websites.
You can go to whitepages.com and use a free reverse phone lookup directory for the most basic information or for published home phone numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be retrieved through any other source besides a more detailed directory.
- * When you have a phone number but no more information and need a corresponding name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unpublished home phone number and need a name, address, or additional information. Yellowpages.com is not likely to help with these sorts of information because it is not updated with the information you want.
Reverse phone lookup directories spend quite a bit of time compiling information, ensuring it is as accurate as possible, and storing it all in an organized listing so that it may be quickly accessed by consumers as needed.
A good bit of this information collected is not that simple to find and some of it they have to pay for as well. For example, a reputable, well maintained listing will have to pay cell phone networks for accurate listings of numbers. In turn, it is to be expected that you will be required to pay a nominal charge to gain access to their listings.
The key to the charge is it should be small and affordable, typically about a dollar or so for a single phone number lookup and under 15 bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any site asking for a high charge for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile websites out there to waste time and money on inaccurate services, so be certain they actually have the information you want before giving them your money.