Normally, when you are thinking about someone you haven't spoken to in awhile or need to locate an old friend who you don't have a phone number for, you retrieve the phone book and find their last name. Yet in current times most people do not even take up room in their living spaces with the oversized paper phone books, but prefer to visit websites which have the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet things happen in in everyday life where they have a phone number and need to know who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed around knowing the name of the person you want 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 phone number phone book accessible to the community as with residential numbers. Clearly, developments in technology have made another type of phone number directory essential.
Reverse phone lookup means just what its name suggests: it reverses the method in which you usually use a phone number directory. Instead of looking up a name to locate a number or address, you use a phone number to find the name or even address of whoever the number may be registered to.
Many people do not even realize this can be done, but with the invention of reverse phone lookup websites it is now common by many businesses. It is also growing with people who become concerned with a phone number for whatever reason. It is a different take on the phone book and is likely to outdate the need for phone books in the future.
If you get too many unwanted phone calls, whether they be childish hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even solicitations and bill collectors who don't clearly identify themselves but call nonstop, you can figure out just who is making the calls by utilizing one of these directories.
You can go to whitepages.com and access a limited reverse phone lookup website for very basic information or for published home phone numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be retrieved with any other source besides a more detailed directory.
- * When you have a number but no more information and want a name.
- * If you have someone's cell phone or an unpublished residential number and need a name, address, or other information. Yellowpages.com is not going to help with this type of information because it is not updated with the information you want.
Reverse phone lookup directories spend a lot of time collecting information, double checking that it is as accurate as possible, and storing it all in an organized directory so that it can be easily accessed by people whenever needed.
A good bit of this information retrieved is not that simple to find and some of it must be paid for as well. For example, a trustworthy, well maintained listing will have to purchase numbers from cell phone networks for accurate listings of numbers. In turn, it is to be expected that you will have to pay a nominal fee to have access to their records.
The deal about the charge is it should be small and fair, typically around a dollar or so for a single phone number search and under 15 dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service which requires a substantial charge for very little information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good websites out there to waste time and money on incomplete services, so ensure they can deliver the information you desire before handing over hard earned money.