Normally, when you remember someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to contact an coworker who you don't have a phone number for, you simply go to the phone book and look up their last name. Yet in current times most people do not even take up room in their living spaces with the chunky paper phone books, but prefer to visit websites which have the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet problems arise in most people's lives where they receive a phone number and want to know who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed only to look up the name of the person you hope to contact, and therefore won't help much. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more complicated since there isn't a phone number phone book accessible to the public like with standard home phones. Obviously, developments in technology have made another sort of number listing necessary.
Reverse phone lookup functions basically what its name suggests: it reverses the way you usually use a phone number listing. Rather than looking up a name to find a phone number or address, you are using a phone number to locate the name or even address of whoever the number may be listed under.
Most people do not even realize this is available, but with the invention of reverse phone lookup services it is now possible by many businesses. It is also becoming quite popular with people who get concerned with a phone number for for various reasons. It is a new sort of phone book that may very well eliminate the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you get a lot of unwanted phone calls, whether they are childish hang ups, rude pranks, or even solicitations or bill collectors who don't leave a message but call constantly, there is a way to identify just who is making the calls by accessing one of these websites.
You can visit yellowpages.com and use a free reverse phone lookup service for the most basic information or for listed home phone numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be accessed by any other source besides a more detailed directory.
- * If you have a phone number but no other information and want a name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unpublished landline number and want to find a name, address, or other information. Yellowpages.com is not likely to help with this type of information because it is not equipped with the information you are searching for.
Reverse phone lookup services spend quite a bit of time collecting information, double checking that it is as updated as possible, and storing it all in an organized fashion so that it may be easily utilized by people whenever needed.
Much of this information collected is not that simple to locate and some of it must be paid for as well. For instance, a reputable, well maintained website will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for updated listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is understandable that you will have to pay a small charge to have access to their listings.
The key to the fee is it should be low and fair, for the most part around a dollar or so for a one-time phone number search and about 15 dollars for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service which requires a substantial fee for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile websites available to waste time and money on incomplete resources, so ensure they are offering the information you need before handing over your money.