Usually, when you remember someone you haven't have lost touch with 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 name. Nowadays, most people do not even take up room in their office or homes with the chunky paper phone books, but would rather use websites which have the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet problems arise in most people's lives where they have a phone number and want to know who it is connected to. Old style phone books are designed around knowing the name of the person you hope to connect with, so won't help much. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more troublesome since there isn't a cell phone phone book free to the community as we have with residential numbers. Apparently, technological advances have made another type of phone number listing essential.
Reverse phone lookup functions exactly what the name suggests: it reverses the way you usually use a number directory. Rather than looking up a name to find a number or address, you are using a phone number to find the name or address of whoever the number may be listed under.
Most people do not even realize this is available, yet with the development of reverse phone lookup websites it is now possible by many businesses. It is also on the rise with individuals who become interested in a number for one reason or another. It is a different take on the phone book that may very well erase the demand for phone books in the future.
If you get a lot of unwanted phone calls, whether they be childish hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even solicitations and collection services who don't clearly identify themselves but call nonstop, you can figure out exactly who is connected to the calls by utilizing one of these websites.
You can visit yellowpages.com and find a limited reverse phone lookup website for the most basic information or for listed home phone numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be retrieved with any other means other than a more detailed service.
- * When you have a number but no more information and need a matching name.
- * When you have someone's cell phone or an unpublished landline number and want to find a name, address, or additional information. Yellowpages.com will not help with this type of information because it is not updated with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup directories put out a lot of time compiling information, double checking that it is as updated as possible, and maintaining it all in an organized listing so that it may be quickly used by consumers on demand.
A lot of this information collected is not easy to obtain and some of it they have to pay for in advance. For example, a legitimate, well maintained listing will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for updated listings of numbers. As with any business, it is only reasonable that you will be required to pay a nominal charge to gain access to their information.
The key to the fee is it should be low and affordable, usually about a dollar or so for a one-time phone number lookup and around fifteen dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory asking for a high fee for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good websites available to waste time and money on inaccurate resources, so ensure they can deliver the information you need before wasting your money.