Typically, when you recall someone you haven't spoken to in awhile or need to locate an coworker who you don't have a number for, you simply go to the phone book and look up their last name. These days most people do not even waste space in their homes with the wasteful paper phone books, but go to websites which have the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet circumstances occur in most people's lives where they have a phone number and want to determine who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the person you want to connect with, and therefore offer little help. With cell phones being so popular these days it gets even more troublesome since there isn't a cell phone phone book free to the public as we have with landlines. Obviously, developments in technology have made another sort of number listing necessary.
Reverse phone lookup means just what its name suggests: it reverses the way you typically use a phone number directory. Instead of browsing for a name to get to a phone number or address, you are using a phone number to locate the name or even address of whoever the number is registered to.
A lot of people do not even know this can be done, yet with the development of reverse phone lookup services it is now widely used in the business world. It is also on the rise with individuals who become concerned with a phone number for whatever reason. It is a different take on the phone book and could potentially outdate the need for paper phone books in the future.
If you are receiving a high volume of disturbing calls, whether they be childish hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even solicitations and bill collectors who don't clearly identify themselves but call constantly, it is possible to identify exactly who is making the calls by tapping into one of these websites.
You can go to yellowpages.com and access a limited reverse phone lookup directory for the most basic information or for published home phone numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be found by any other means other than a more detailed listing.
- * When you have a phone number but no more information and must find a name.
- * If you have someone's cell phone or an unpublished residential number and need a name, address, or additional information.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 need.
Reverse phone lookup services put out quite a bit of time compiling information, double checking that it is as updated as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized fashion so that it can be easily used by consumers as needed.
A lot of this information compiled is not that simple to obtain and some of it they have to pay for as well. For example, a reputable, accurate listing will have to pay cell phone networks for updated listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is to be expected that you will have to hand over a small fee to have access to their listings.
The key to the charge is it should be small and affordable, for the most part about a dollar or so for a single phone number lookup and under 15 dollars for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any site which requires a high fee for very little information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many valuable directories out there to waste time and money on inaccurate services, so make sure they are offering the information you desire before handing over your money.