Normally, 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 retrieve the phone book and look up their last name. Yet in current times most people do not even waste space in their office or homes with the wasteful paper phone books, but go to internet pages containing the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet things happen in most people's lives where they receive a phone number and need to know who it is connected to. Old style phone books are designed only to look up the name of the person you hope to contact, so offer little help. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more troublesome because there isn't a cell phone listing accessible to the community as with residential numbers. Apparently, technological advances have made another variation of number compilation essential.
Reverse phone lookup means exactly what its name suggests: it reverses the way you usually use a number directory. Instead of browsing for a name to find a phone number or address, you look up a phone number to retrieve the name or even address of whoever the number is registered to.
Most people do not even know this is possible, yet with the existance of reverse phone lookup services it is now common in the business world. It is also growing with people who get concerned with a number for whatever reason. It is a more modern form of the phone book and may very well eliminate the need for phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by too many unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, rude pranks, or even solicitations or bill collectors who don't clearly identify themselves but call constantly, there is a way to figure out exactly who is connected to the calls by accessing one of these services.
You can visit yellowpages.com and find a free reverse phone lookup website for very basic information or for published home phone numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be accessed through any other source other than a more detailed directory.
- * If you have a number but no more information and must find a name.
- * If you have a cell phone or an unpublished residential number and need a name, address, or other information.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 updated with the information you are searching for.
Reverse phone lookup directories spend a lot of time compiling information, double checking that it is as updated as possible, and saving it all in an organized directory so that it can be easily accessed by people on demand.
Much of this information retrieved is not that simple to locate and some of it they have to pay for in advance. For example, a legitimate, well maintained listing will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for updated listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is to be expected that you will have to hand over a nominal fee to have access to their listings.
The deal about the fee is it should be small and fair, for the most part around a buck or so for a one-time phone number search and under fifteen dollars for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory which requires a substantial fee for very little information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile directories available to throw away time and money on inaccurate resources, so be certain they can deliver the information you want before wasting hard earned money.