Usually, when you remember someone you haven't have lost touch with or need to contact an coworker who you don't have a phone number for, you of course find the phone book and search for their last name. Yet in current times most people do not even take up room in their office or homes with the oversized paper phone books, but go to 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 want to know who it is connected to. Old style phone books are designed only to look up the name of the person you want to reach, and therefore are useless. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more difficult because there isn't a phone number directory free to the community as we have with residential numbers. Obviously, developments in technology have made another sort of number listing essential.
Reverse phone lookup functions basically what the name suggests: it reverses the method in which you usually use a phone number listing. Instead of searching for a name to find a number or address, you look up a phone number to retrieve the name or even address of whoever the number is registered to.
Most people do not even know this is available, but with the development of reverse phone lookup websites it is now common in the business world. It is also on the rise with people who get interested in a number for one reason or another. It is a different take on the phone book that is likely to erase the need for phone books in the future.
If you are receiving a high volume of disturbing calls, whether they are childish hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even telemarketers or bill collectors who don't clearly identify themselves but call nonstop, you can identify exactly who is making the calls by accessing one of these services.
You can go to yellowpages.com and find a free reverse phone lookup service for the most basic information or for published home phone numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be retrieved by any other source besides a more detailed service.
- * When you have a number but no additional information and must find a name.
- * When you have a cell phone or an unlisted home phone number and want to find a name, address, or additional information. Whitepages.com will not help with these sorts of information because it is not equipped with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup services put out quite a bit of time compiling information, double checking that it is as accurate as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized directory so that it can be quickly used by consumers on demand.
A good bit of this information compiled is not that simple to locate and some of it must be paid for as well. For example, a trustworthy, up to date website will have to purchase numbers from cell phone networks for updated listings of numbers. As with any business, it is understandable that you will be required to hand over a nominal charge to have access to their records.
The key to the charge is it should be low and reasonable, typically about a buck or so for a one-time phone number lookup and about 15 bucks for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any site asking for a large fee for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile directories available to throw away time and money on inaccurate resources, so ensure they are offering the information you want before handing over hard earned money.