Normally, when you are thinking about someone you haven't spoken to in awhile or need to communicate with an coworker who you don't have a phone number for, you retrieve the phone book and look up their last name. These days most people do not even take up room in their 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 most people's lives where they receive a phone number and need to determine who it belongs to. Phone books are designed around knowing the name of the business or person you need to reach, and therefore won't help much. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more troublesome since there isn't a cell phone listing accessible to the community like with landlines. Clearly, developments in technology have made another sort of number compilation essential.
Reverse phone lookup is just what its name suggests: it reverses the method in which you usually use a phone number directory. Instead of browsing for a name to find a phone number or address, you look up a phone number to find the name or even address of whoever the number is registered to.
A lot of people do not even realize this can be done, but with the development of reverse phone lookup services it is now widely used in the business world. It is also becoming quite popular with people who become concerned with a phone number for whatever reason. It is a more modern form of the phone book and could potentially erase the need for paper phone books in the future.
If you get too many disturbing calls, whether they are childish hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even telemarketers and bill collectors who don't clearly identify themselves but call at all hours, you can discover just who is connected to the calls by accessing one of these directories.
You can check out whitepages.com and use a limited reverse phone lookup service for the most basic information or for listed landline numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be found through any other means other than a more detailed service.
- * When you have a number but no more information and need a name.
- * If you have someone's cell phone or an unlisted landline number and need a name, address, or additional information. Whitepages.com is not likely to help with these sorts of information because it is not updated with the information you need.
Reverse phone lookup directories put out quite a bit of time obtaining information, keeping it as updated as possible, and saving it all in an organized listing so that it may be quickly accessed by people whenever needed.
A good bit of this information compiled is not that simple to obtain and some of it they have to pay for as well. For example, a trustworthy, accurate listing will have to purchase numbers from cell phone networks for accurate listings of phone numbers. In turn, it is understandable that you will be required to hand over a small charge to gain access to their records.
The key to the fee is it should be small and fair, usually around a buck or so for a single phone number lookup and around fifteen bucks for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any directory that demands a large charge for limited information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many good listings available to waste time and money on inaccurate resources, so be certain they are offering the information you desire before handing over your money.