Normally, when you are thinking about someone you haven't have lost touch with or need to communicate with an acquaintance who you don't have a phone number for, you simply go to the phone book and find their name. These days most people do not even take up room in their office or homes with the oversized paper phone books, but would rather use internet pages containing the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet things happen in in everyday life where they receive a phone number and want to know who it is connected to. Phone books are designed around knowing the name of the business or person you hope to contact, so offer little help. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more troublesome since there isn't a phone number listing accessible to the community as we have with landlines. Clearly, technological advances have made another variation of number directory necessary.
Reverse phone lookup is exactly what its name suggests: it reverses the way you typically use a number directory. Rather than looking up a name to find a phone number or address, you are using 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 possible, yet with the existance of reverse phone lookup directories it is now widely used by many businesses. It is also becoming quite popular with people who get interested in a number for whatever reason. It is a different take on the phone book that could potentially eliminate the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you are bothered by a high volume of disturbing calls, whether they be annoying hang ups, disturbing pranks, or even telemarketers and bill collectors who don't clearly identify themselves but call nonstop, there is a way to discover exactly who is connected to the calls by tapping into one of these websites.
You can go to whitepages.com and use a limited reverse phone lookup service for the most basic information or for listed home phone numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be accessed by any other source other than a more detailed directory.
- * When you have a phone number but no other information and must find a matching name.
- * If you have someone's cell phone or an unpublished residential number and need a name, address, or other information. Whitepages.com will not help with this type of information because it is not equipped with the information you are searching for.
Reverse phone lookup directories put out a lot of time compiling information, keeping it as updated as possible, and storing it all in an organized directory so that it may be easily accessed by people as needed.
Much of this information compiled is not that simple to obtain and some of it must be paid for in advance. For example, a reputable, well maintained directory will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for accurate listings of phone numbers. In turn, it is to be expected that you will have to pay a small charge to gain access to their listings.
The deal about the fee is it should be small and fair, typically around a buck or so for a one-time phone number search and under fifteen dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service asking for a high charge for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many valuable listings available to throw away time and money on inaccurate resources, so ensure they can deliver the information you need before giving them your money.