Typically, when you remember someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to locate an coworker who you don't have a number for, you of course find the phone book and search for their last name. Nowadays, most people do not even waste space in their living spaces with the oversized paper phone books, but would rather use websites which have the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet problems arise in in everyday life where they receive a phone number and need to identify who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed around knowing the name of the person you hope to contact, and therefore are useless. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more complicated because there isn't a cell phone directory free to the community as with landlines. Obviously, technological advances have made another type of phone number directory necessary.
Reverse phone lookup functions exactly what the name suggests: it reverses the way you typically use a phone number listing. Rather than searching for a name to locate a phone number or address, you look up a phone number to find the name or even address of whoever the number is registered to.
Most people do not even know this is available, yet with the invention of reverse phone lookup directories it is now possible by many businesses. It is also becoming quite popular with individuals who become interested in a phone number for whatever reason. It is a more modern form of the phone book that may very well eliminate the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you get too many unwanted phone calls, whether they are annoying hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even solicitations or collection services who don't reveal who they are but call at all hours, you can identify exactly who is making the calls by accessing one of these services.
You can visit whitepages.com and find a limited reverse phone lookup website for the most basic information or for listed landline numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be retrieved by any other source other than a more detailed listing.
- * When you have a number but no other information and want a name.
- * If you have someone's cell phone or an unpublished home phone number and need a name, address, or other information. Yellowpages.com is not likely to help with this type of information because it is not updated with the information you want.
Reverse phone lookup services put out a lot of time collecting information, ensuring it is as accurate as possible, and storing it all in an organized listing so that it can be quickly used by people on demand.
A good bit of this information compiled is not easy to locate and some of it they have to pay for as well. For example, a legitimate, well maintained directory will have to purchase numbers from cell phone networks for updated listings of numbers. As with any business, it is to be expected that you will be required to hand over a small charge to gain access to their records.
The deal about the fee is it should be low and affordable, usually around a dollar or so for a one-time phone number lookup and about fifteen dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service asking for a high charge for very little information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile directories out there to throw away time and money on incomplete resources, so ensure they are offering the information you desire before handing over hard earned money.