Usually, when you recall someone you haven't have lost touch with or need to locate an coworker who you don't have a phone number for, you of course find the phone book and look up their name. These days most people do not even waste space in their living spaces with the chunky paper phone books, but would rather use internet pages containing the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet things happen in most people's lives where they have a phone number and want to identify who it belongs to. Old style phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the person you need to reach, so offer little help. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more troublesome since there isn't a cell phone listing free to the community as with standard home phones. Apparently, technological advances have made another type of phone number compilation essential.
Reverse phone lookup is exactly what the name states: it reverses the way you usually use a phone number listing. Rather than searching for a name to locate a number or address, you look up a phone number to locate the name or address of whoever the number is listed under.
Most people do not even know this is possible, but with the invention of reverse phone lookup websites it is now possible in the business world. It is also growing with individuals who get concerned with a number for whatever reason. It is a new sort of phone book that could potentially erase the demand for paper phone books in the future.
If you are receiving too many unwanted phone calls, whether they are childish hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even solicitations or bill collectors who don't reveal who they are but call at all hours, there is a way to figure out exactly who is making the calls by utilizing one of these services.
You can visit whitepages.com and access a free reverse phone lookup service for very basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two categories of information that cannot be retrieved with any other means besides a more detailed listing.
- * When you have a number but no other information and need a corresponding name.
- * When you have someone's cell phone or an unpublished home phone number and want to find a name, address, or additional information. Yellowpages.com is not likely to help with this type of information because it is not equipped with the information you are searching for.
Reverse phone lookup services spend a lot of time finding information, ensuring it is as updated as possible, and storing it all in an organized listing so that it can be quickly accessed by people whenever needed.
A lot of this information retrieved is not easy to find and some of it must be paid for in advance. For example, a reputable, accurate listing will have to purchase numbers from cell phone networks for updated listings of phone numbers. As with any business, it is to be expected that you will have to pay a small fee to have access to their information.
The key to the fee is it should be small and affordable, typically about a dollar or so for a one-time phone number search and about 15 dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory asking for a substantial charge for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many worthwhile websites out there to throw away time and money on incomplete resources, so ensure they actually have the information you need before handing over your money.