Typically, when you remember someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to contact an old friend who you don't have a phone number for, you of course find the phone book and find their name. These days most people do not even take up room in their office or homes with the oversized paper phone books, but prefer to visit websites which have the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet things happen in most people's lives where they obtain a phone number and need to determine who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the business or person you want to connect with, and therefore are useless. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more complicated since there isn't a phone number phone book accessible to the community as with landlines. Clearly, developments in technology have made another type of number listing necessary.
Reverse phone lookup is exactly what the name suggests: it reverses the method in which you typically use a phone number directory. Rather than browsing for a name to find a number or address, you are using a phone number to find the name or even address of whoever the number may be listed under.
A lot of people do not even realize this can be done, yet with the existance of reverse phone lookup websites it is now possible by many businesses. It is also on the rise with individuals who get interested in a phone number for one reason or another. It is a new sort of phone book and may very well outdate the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by too many unwanted phone calls, whether they are childish hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even solicitations or collection services who don't reveal who they are but call constantly, there is a way to figure out just who is making the calls by utilizing one of these services.
You can go to yellowpages.com and access a limited reverse phone lookup website for very basic information or for listed home phone numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be retrieved through any other source other than a more detailed service.
- * When you have a phone number but no additional information and must find a matching name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unlisted residential number and need a name, address, or additional information. Whitepages.com is not likely to help with these sorts of information because it is not equipped with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup services spend quite a bit of time compiling information, ensuring it is as accurate as possible, and saving it all in an organized listing so that it may be quickly accessed by consumers as needed.
Much of this information collected is not easy to locate and some of it they have to pay for in advance. For example, a reputable, up to date website will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for updated listings of numbers. As with any business, it is only reasonable that you will be required to hand over a nominal fee to gain access to their information.
The key to the fee is it should be small and reasonable, for the most part about a dollar or so for a one-time phone number search and about fifteen bucks for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any site asking for a substantial charge for very little information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good listings out there to waste time and money on inaccurate services, so be certain they actually have the information you need before wasting hard earned money.