Typically, when you are thinking about someone you haven't have lost touch with or need to locate an acquaintance who you don't have a phone number for, you retrieve the phone book and search for their name. Yet in current times most people do not even take up room in their homes with the oversized paper phone books, but go to websites which have the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet problems arise in in everyday life where they receive a phone number and want to identify who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed around knowing the name of the business or person you want to reach, and therefore offer little help. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more troublesome since there isn't a cell phone phone book accessible to the public as with residential numbers. Obviously, technological advances have made another sort of number listing essential.
Reverse phone lookup is just what the name suggests: it reverses the way you normally use a phone number directory. Instead of searching for a name to locate a phone number or address, you look up a phone number to locate the name or address of whoever the number may be registered to.
Most people do not even realize this is possible, but with the existance of reverse phone lookup directories it is now widely used by many businesses. It is also on the rise with individuals who become concerned with a number for whatever reason. It is a new sort of phone book and may very well outdate the demand for phone books in the future.
If you are receiving a high volume of disturbing calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, rude pranks, or even telemarketers and collection services who don't clearly identify themselves but call constantly, there is a way to identify just who is connected to the calls by utilizing one of these services.
You can visit yellowpages.com and access a free reverse phone lookup directory for very basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be accessed with any other source other than a more detailed directory.
- * If you have a number but no additional information and need a corresponding name.
- * If you have a cell phone or an unpublished home phone number and need a name, address, or other information. Whitepages.com is not going to help with this type of information because it is not equipped with the information you are searching for.
Reverse phone lookup directories spend a lot of time compiling information, double checking that it is as accurate as possible, and storing it all in an organized fashion so that it can be quickly used by people on demand.
A lot of this information retrieved is not easy to locate and some of it they have to pay for as well. For instance, a legitimate, up to date directory will have to pay cell phone networks for updated listings of numbers. As with any business, it is understandable that you will have to hand over a nominal charge to have access to their listings.
The deal about the fee is it should be small and reasonable, typically about a buck or so for a single phone number lookup and about 15 dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory that demands a high charge for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile listings out there to throw away time and money on inaccurate resources, so ensure they are offering the information you desire before wasting your money.