Typically, when you are thinking about someone you haven't spoken to in awhile or need to contact an coworker who you don't have a number for, you of course find the phone book and find their last name. These days most people do not even take up room in their office or homes with the wasteful paper phone books, but prefer to visit websites which have 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. Phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the person you hope to reach, and therefore offer little help. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more troublesome because there isn't a cell phone directory free to the public as with standard home phones. Obviously, developments in technology have made another type of phone number compilation essential.
Reverse phone lookup is basically what its name states: 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 are using a phone number to retrieve the name or address of whoever the number may be registered to.
A lot of people do not even realize this is possible, but with the development of reverse phone lookup websites it is now common in the business world. It is also becoming quite popular with people who become concerned with a phone number for for various reasons. It is a more modern form of the phone book and is likely to eliminate the need for phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by too many disturbing calls, whether they are childish hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even telemarketers or collection services who don't leave a message but call constantly, it is possible to figure out just who is connected to the calls by accessing one of these directories.
You can go to yellowpages.com and find a limited reverse phone lookup service for the most basic information or for listed landline numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be found with any other source other than a more detailed listing.
- * If you have a phone number but no additional information and need a matching name.
- * When you have someone's cell phone or an unpublished landline number and need a name, address, or other information. Whitepages.com is not going to help with these sorts of information because it is not equipped with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup services put out a lot of time finding information, double checking that it is as accurate as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized directory so that it can be easily accessed by people as needed.
A good bit of this information collected is not easy to locate and some of it they have to pay for as well. For instance, a trustworthy, 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 have to hand over a small charge to gain access to their listings.
The deal about the charge is it should be small and affordable, typically about a buck or so for a single phone number search and around 15 bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service asking for a substantial fee for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many good listings available to throw away time and money on incomplete services, so make sure they are offering the information you desire before giving them your money.