Typically, when you remember someone you haven't have lost touch with 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 name. Yet in current times most people do not even waste space in their office or homes with the wasteful paper phone books, but prefer to visit internet pages containing the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet things happen in most people's lives where they have a phone number and want to know who it is connected to. Old style phone books are designed around knowing the name of the person you want to contact, so won't help much. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more complicated because there isn't a cell phone listing free to the public like with standard home phones. Clearly, developments in technology have made another sort of number compilation essential.
Reverse phone lookup means basically what the name suggests: it reverses the method in which you normally use a number directory. Rather than looking up a name to locate a number or address, you look up a phone number to locate the name or address of whoever the number may be registered to.
A lot of people do not even realize this can be done, but with the invention of reverse phone lookup websites it is now common in the business world. It is also on the rise with people who find themselves curious about a phone number for whatever reason. It is a more modern form of the phone book and is likely to erase the need for phone books in the future.
If you are receiving a high volume of unwanted phone calls, whether they be childish hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even solicitations or collection services who don't clearly identify themselves but call constantly, it is possible to figure out just who is connected to the calls by tapping into one of these services.
You can check out whitepages.com and access a free reverse phone lookup website for the most basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be retrieved with any other source besides a more detailed listing.
- * If you have a number but no other information and want a corresponding name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unlisted home phone number and need a name, address, or additional information. Yellowpages.com will not help with this type of information because it is not equipped with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup directories spend a lot of time compiling information, double checking that it is as accurate as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized directory so that it can be easily utilized by consumers on demand.
A lot of this information compiled is not that simple to find and some of it they have to pay for in advance. For example, a legitimate, well maintained listing will have to pay cell phone companies for accurate listings of phone numbers. In turn, it is only reasonable that you will be required to pay a small fee to have access to their information.
The deal about the charge is it should be low and fair, usually about a dollar or so for a one-time phone number search and around 15 bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any site that demands a large charge for very little information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good listings out there to waste time and money on inaccurate resources, so be certain they actually have the information you want before giving them your money.