Normally, when you remember someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to locate an old friend who you don't have a number for, you retrieve the phone book and find their name. These days most people do not even waste space in their homes with the chunky 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 obtain a phone number and need to identify who it is connected to. Old style phone books are designed only to look up the name of the person you want to connect with, so won't help much. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more troublesome because there isn't a cell phone directory accessible to the community as with residential numbers. Obviously, technological advances have made another variation of phone number listing necessary.
Reverse phone lookup means just what the name states: it reverses the way you normally use a phone number directory. Rather than browsing for a name to locate a phone number or address, you use a phone number to locate the name or even address of whoever the number is registered to.
Many people do not even realize this is available, but with the invention of reverse phone lookup websites it is now possible in the business world. It is also growing with people who get curious about a phone number for one reason or another. It is a different take on the phone book that may very well erase the demand for phone books in the future.
If you get too many disturbing calls, whether they are childish hang ups, rude pranks, or even solicitations or bill collectors who don't leave a message but call nonstop, you can identify exactly who is connected to the calls by accessing one of these directories.
You can check out whitepages.com and use a free reverse phone lookup service for very basic information or for published home phone numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be found through any other source other than a more detailed directory.
- * If you have a number but no other information and need a name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unpublished residential number and need a name, address, or additional information. Yellowpages.com will not help with this type of information because it is not equipped with the information you are searching for.
Reverse phone lookup services put out a lot of time collecting information, double checking that it is as accurate as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized directory so that it can be easily utilized by consumers whenever needed.
Much of this information compiled is not that simple to obtain and some of it must be paid for as well. For instance, a reputable, well maintained listing will have to purchase numbers from cell phone networks for accurate listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is understandable that you will be required to hand over a nominal fee to have access to their listings.
The deal about the fee is it should be small and reasonable, usually around a buck or so for a single phone number search and about 15 dollars for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service that demands a large charge for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile listings available to throw away time and money on inaccurate services, so ensure they actually have the information you desire before handing over hard earned money.