Normally, when you recall 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 look up their last name. Nowadays, most people do not even waste space in their office or homes with the wasteful paper phone books, but prefer to visit websites which have the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet things happen in in everyday life where they obtain 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 need to connect with, so offer little help. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more complicated because there isn't a cell phone listing free to the public as we have with residential numbers. Apparently, technological advances have made another variation of number directory essential.
Reverse phone lookup means basically what its name states: it reverses the method in which you normally use a number listing. Instead of browsing for a name to find a number or address, you are using a phone number to locate the name or address of whoever the number may be listed under.
A lot of people do not even know this is possible, but with the invention of reverse phone lookup websites it is now possible by many businesses. It is also becoming quite popular with individuals who become curious about a phone number for one reason or another. It is a new sort of phone book and is likely to eliminate the need for phone books in the future.
If you are receiving too many unwanted phone calls, whether they be childish hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even telemarketers and collection services who don't reveal who they are but call at all hours, you can identify just who is connected to the calls by utilizing one of these directories.
You can go to yellowpages.com and find a limited reverse phone lookup service for very basic information or for published home phone numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be accessed through any other source besides a more detailed listing.
- * When you have a number but no more information and need a corresponding name.
- * If you have someone's cell phone or an unlisted residential number and need a name, address, or additional information. Yellowpages.com is not likely to help with this type of information because it is not updated with the information you want.
Reverse phone lookup services put out quite a bit of time compiling information, keeping it as updated as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized fashion so that it can be easily accessed by consumers on demand.
Much of this information compiled is not that simple to obtain and some of it must be paid for in advance. For instance, a legitimate, accurate website will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for accurate listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is only reasonable that you will be required to hand over a nominal charge to have access to their information.
The deal about the fee is it should be low and affordable, for the most part about a dollar or so for a one-time phone number lookup and about 15 dollars for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service which requires a high fee for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile listings out there to throw away time and money on incomplete services, so make sure they actually have the information you need before giving them hard earned money.