Normally, when you remember someone you haven't have lost touch with or need to communicate with an coworker who you don't have a number for, you simply go to the phone book and search for their name. These days most people do not even take up room in their homes with the chunky paper phone books, but prefer to visit internet pages containing the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet problems arise in most people's lives where they have a phone number and need to identify who it belongs to. Phone books are designed only to look up the name of the business or person you need to connect with, so are useless. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more complicated since there isn't a phone number directory free to the public as with landlines. Clearly, technological advances have made another type of phone number listing necessary.
Reverse phone lookup functions basically what its name states: it reverses the method in which you typically use a number listing. Rather than searching for a name to locate a phone number or address, you are using a phone number to find the name or even address of whoever the number may be registered to.
Many people do not even know this is possible, yet with the existance of reverse phone lookup websites it is now common in the business world. It is also growing with individuals who find themselves curious about a phone number for whatever reason. It is a new sort of phone book that could potentially outdate the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you are receiving a lot of unwanted phone calls, whether they are childish hang ups, rude pranks, or even solicitations and bill collectors who don't clearly identify themselves but call nonstop, it is possible to discover exactly who is connected to the calls by accessing one of these directories.
You can go to whitepages.com and access a limited reverse phone lookup service for very basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be found through any other resource besides a more detailed directory.
- * When you have a number but no other information and must find a name.
- * If you have a cell phone or an unlisted landline number and need a name, address, or other information. Yellowpages.com is not going to help with these sorts of information because it is not equipped with the information you are searching for.
Reverse phone lookup services put out quite a bit of time compiling information, double checking that it is as accurate as possible, and storing it all in an organized directory so that it may be easily utilized by people as needed.
A lot of this information compiled is not that simple to locate and some of it they have to pay for as well. For instance, a legitimate, up to date listing will have to pay cell phone companies for accurate listings of phone numbers. In turn, it is understandable that you will be required to hand over a nominal fee to have access to their information.
The deal about the charge is it should be small and affordable, usually about a dollar or so for a one-time phone number lookup and around fifteen dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory asking for a substantial charge for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many good websites available to waste time and money on incomplete services, so ensure they can deliver the information you want before wasting your money.