Typically, when you are thinking about someone you haven't spoken to in awhile or need to communicate with an coworker who you don't have a phone number for, you simply go to the phone book and look up their last name. These days most people do not even take up room in their homes with the chunky paper phone books, but go to websites which have the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet circumstances occur in in everyday life where they obtain a phone number and want to know who it belongs to. Phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the business or person you hope to reach, and therefore offer little help. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more difficult because there isn't a cell phone directory accessible to the public like with residential numbers. Clearly, technological advances have made another sort of number listing necessary.
Reverse phone lookup means exactly what its name states: it reverses the method in which you typically use a phone number listing. Rather than searching for a name to find a number or address, you look up a phone number to find the name or even address of whoever the number is listed under.
Many people do not even know this is available, but with the development of reverse phone lookup services it is now possible in the business world. It is also growing with individuals who get concerned with a number for whatever reason. It is a different take on the phone book that could potentially eliminate the need for phone books in the future.
If you get too many unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even solicitations or bill collectors who don't leave a message but call at all hours, there is a way to discover exactly who is making the calls by tapping into one of these websites.
You can visit yellowpages.com and access a free reverse phone lookup service for very basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be found by any other resource other than a more detailed listing.
- * When you have a number but no more information and want a name.
- * If you have someone's cell phone or an unpublished landline number and want to find a name, address, or other information. Whitepages.com is not going to help with these sorts of information because it is not updated with the information you want.
Reverse phone lookup services put out quite a bit of time finding information, keeping it as updated as possible, and storing it all in an organized listing so that it can be quickly accessed by people whenever needed.
A good bit of this information compiled is not easy to locate and some of it must be paid for as well. For instance, a trustworthy, well maintained directory will have to purchase numbers from cell phone networks for accurate listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is to be expected that you will be required to hand over a small fee to have access to their records.
The key to the fee is it should be small and affordable, typically around a dollar or so for a one-time phone number search and around 15 bucks for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory asking for a substantial fee for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good listings available to waste time and money on incomplete services, so be certain they are offering the information you desire before wasting your money.