Usually, when you are thinking about someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to communicate with an acquaintance who you don't have a phone number for, you retrieve the phone book and look up their name. Nowadays, most people do not even waste space in their living spaces with the chunky paper phone books, but would rather use websites which have the same information and find what they need 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 around knowing the name of the business or person you hope to reach, and therefore won't help much. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more complicated because there isn't a cell phone directory accessible to the community like with landlines. Apparently, developments in technology have made another type of phone number compilation necessary.
Reverse phone lookup functions basically what the name states: it reverses the way you usually use a phone number directory. Instead of searching for a name to get to a number or address, you use a phone number to retrieve the name or even address of whoever the number is registered to.
Many people do not even know this is available, but with the existance of reverse phone lookup services it is now common by many businesses. It is also growing with individuals who find themselves curious about a phone number for whatever reason. It is a new sort of phone book that could potentially eliminate the demand for phone books in the future.
If you are receiving a high volume of unwanted phone calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even telemarketers and bill collectors who don't leave a message but call at all hours, it is possible to discover exactly who is connected to the calls by utilizing one of these directories.
You can check out whitepages.com and use a limited reverse phone lookup directory for very basic information or for published home phone numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be retrieved with any other source besides a more detailed directory.
- * When you have a phone number but no more information and must find a matching name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unpublished home phone number and need a name, address, or other information. Whitepages.com will not help with these sorts of information because it is not equipped with the information you are searching for.
Reverse phone lookup directories spend a lot of time finding information, double checking that it is as updated as possible, and saving it all in an organized fashion so that it may be easily used by consumers on demand.
A lot of this information compiled is not that simple to obtain and some of it must be paid for as well. For example, a reputable, accurate listing 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 pay a nominal charge to gain access to their listings.
The deal about the fee is it should be low and reasonable, usually about a buck or so for a single phone number lookup and around 15 dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service that demands a high fee for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile listings available to waste time and money on incomplete services, so ensure they actually have the information you desire before giving them your money.