Usually, 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 of course find the phone book and find their last name. Nowadays, most people do not even waste space in their office or homes with the chunky paper phone books, but would rather use internet pages containing the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet circumstances occur in in everyday life where they obtain a phone number and need to know who it is connected to. Old style phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the person you need to contact, so are useless. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more troublesome because there isn't a phone number listing accessible to the public like with standard home phones. Apparently, technological advances have made another type of number compilation necessary.
Reverse phone lookup means just what the name states: it reverses the method in which you typically use a number listing. Rather than browsing for a name to find a phone number or address, you look up a phone number to retrieve the name or address of whoever the number may be listed under.
A lot of people do not even know this is possible, yet with the invention of reverse phone lookup directories it is now widely used in the business world. It is also on the rise with people who become interested in a phone number for for various reasons. It is a new sort of phone book that may very well eliminate the need for phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by a high volume of unwanted phone calls, whether they be childish hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even solicitations and bill collectors who don't leave a message but call nonstop, you can discover exactly who is connected to the calls by utilizing one of these directories.
You can go to yellowpages.com and find a limited reverse phone lookup service for very basic information or for listed home phone numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be found through any other resource other than a more detailed directory.
- * If you have a phone number but no other information and must find a matching name.
- * If you have a cell phone or an unlisted residential number and want to find a name, address, or other information. Yellowpages.com will not help with this type of information because it is not updated with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup directories spend quite a bit of time collecting information, ensuring it is as updated as possible, and storing it all in an organized listing so that it can be quickly utilized by people as needed.
A good bit of this information retrieved is not easy to find and some of it must be paid for in advance. For instance, a legitimate, accurate directory will have to pay cell phone companies for accurate listings of numbers. As with any business, it is understandable that you will have to hand over a small fee to have access to their records.
The deal about the fee is it should be low and fair, typically about a dollar or so for a one-time phone number search and around fifteen dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory that demands a high charge for very little information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good directories out there to waste time and money on inaccurate services, so be certain they actually have the information you want before giving them hard earned money.