Normally, when you are thinking about someone you haven't have lost touch with or need to locate an old friend who you don't have a number for, you of course find the phone book and look up their name. Yet in current times most people do not even take up room in their living spaces with the oversized paper phone books, but would rather use websites which have the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet circumstances occur in most people's lives where they obtain a phone number and need to identify who it belongs to. Phone books are designed only to look up the name of the person you need to connect with, so won't help much. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more troublesome since there isn't a cell phone directory free to the community as with landlines. Apparently, developments in technology have made another type of number listing essential.
Reverse phone lookup means just what the name suggests: it reverses the method in which you typically use a number listing. Instead of searching for a name to get to a number or address, you look up a phone number to locate the name or address of whoever the number may be listed under.
Most people do not even realize this is available, but with the development of reverse phone lookup directories it is now widely used by many businesses. It is also growing with people who become concerned with a number for whatever reason. It is a new sort of phone book that may very well outdate the demand for phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by a high volume of unwanted phone calls, whether they are childish hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even telemarketers or bill collectors who don't leave a message but call constantly, it is possible to figure out exactly who is connected to the calls by utilizing one of these websites.
You can go to yellowpages.com and use a free reverse phone lookup directory for very basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be retrieved by any other means other than a more detailed listing.
- * When you have a phone number but no other information and want a name.
- * When you have someone's cell phone or an unpublished landline number and need a name, address, or other information. Yellowpages.com is not going to help with these sorts of information because it is not equipped with the information you want.
Reverse phone lookup directories put out quite a bit of time finding information, keeping it as updated as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized fashion so that it can be quickly accessed by people as needed.
Much of this information collected is not easy to find and some of it they have to pay for as well. For instance, a reputable, well maintained directory will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for accurate listings of numbers. In turn, it is to be expected that you will have to hand over a nominal fee to have access to their information.
The key to the fee is it should be low and affordable, typically around a dollar or so for a one-time phone number lookup and around 15 bucks for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service asking for a high charge for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good directories out there to throw away time and money on incomplete services, so make sure they actually have the information you desire before handing over hard earned money.