Typically, when you recall someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to locate an acquaintance who you don't have a phone number for, you simply go to the phone book and look up their name. Nowadays, most people do not even waste space in their living spaces with the oversized paper phone books, but go to internet pages containing the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet problems arise in in everyday life where they have a phone number and need to identify who it is connected to. Old style phone books are designed around knowing the name of the person you want to reach, so offer little help. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more troublesome because there isn't a cell phone directory free to the public as we have with standard home phones. Obviously, developments in technology have made another sort of number directory necessary.
Reverse phone lookup functions basically what its name states: it reverses the way you usually use a phone number directory. Instead of looking up a name to find a phone number or address, you look up a phone number to find the name or address of whoever the number may be listed under.
A lot of people do not even realize this is possible, but with the invention of reverse phone lookup services it is now widely used by many businesses. It is also on the rise with individuals who become interested in a phone number for for various reasons. It is a new sort of phone book and is likely to outdate the need for phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by a lot of unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even solicitations or collection services who don't clearly identify themselves but call at all hours, you can figure out just who is connected to the calls by utilizing one of these directories.
You can visit whitepages.com and use a free reverse phone lookup service for very basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be found with any other source other than a more detailed service.
- * If you have a number but no additional information and want a name.
- * When you have someone's cell phone or an unlisted landline number and want to find a name, address, or other information. Yellowpages.com is not going to help with this type of information because it is not updated with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup directories put out a lot of time obtaining information, keeping it as accurate as possible, and storing it all in an organized fashion so that it can be quickly utilized by people as needed.
Much of this information compiled is not easy to locate and some of it they have to pay for as well. For example, a trustworthy, well maintained listing will have to pay cell phone companies for accurate listings of phone numbers. In turn, it is to be expected that you will be required to pay a small charge to gain access to their listings.
The key to the charge is it should be low and affordable, usually around a dollar or so for a one-time phone number search and under 15 bucks for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any site asking for a high fee for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good directories available to waste time and money on incomplete services, so be certain they actually have the information you desire before handing over hard earned money.