Normally, when you remember someone you haven't have lost touch with or need to communicate with an old friend who you don't have a number for, you of course find the phone book and search for their last name. These days most people do not even take up room in their homes with the oversized paper phone books, but prefer to visit internet pages containing the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet circumstances occur in in everyday life where they have a phone number and want to identify who it is connected to. Phone books are designed around knowing the name of the business or person you need to contact, so are useless. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more difficult because there isn't a phone number directory free to the community as with landlines. Apparently, developments in technology have made another variation of phone number listing necessary.
Reverse phone lookup means basically what the name suggests: it reverses the method in which you usually use a number directory. Instead of browsing for a name to get to a number or address, you use a phone number to locate the name or even address of whoever the number is registered to.
Most people do not even realize this is available, but with the existance of reverse phone lookup directories it is now common in the business world. It is also growing with people who get concerned with a phone number for whatever reason. It is a new sort of phone book and could potentially outdate the demand for phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by too many unwanted phone calls, whether they be childish hang ups, rude pranks, or even solicitations and collection services who don't clearly identify themselves but call at all hours, it is possible to identify just who is making the calls by utilizing one of these directories.
You can check out yellowpages.com and use a limited reverse phone lookup service for the most basic information or for published home phone numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be accessed with any other source besides a more detailed listing.
- * If you have a number but no more information and need a matching name.
- * If you have a cell phone or an unpublished landline number and need a name, address, or additional information. Whitepages.com is not likely to help with these sorts of information because it is not updated with the information you want.
Reverse phone lookup services put out a lot of time obtaining information, double checking that it is as accurate as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized fashion so that it may be easily used by people on demand.
A good bit of this information compiled is not that simple to obtain and some of it they have to pay for as well. For instance, a trustworthy, up to date directory will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for updated listings of numbers. As with any business, it is understandable that you will have to hand over a nominal charge to have access to their information.
The key to the fee is it should be low and affordable, for the most part around a dollar or so for a single phone number search and around 15 bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any site asking for a high fee for very little information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good directories out there to waste time and money on incomplete services, so ensure they can deliver the information you need before giving them your money.