Normally, when you remember someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to locate an acquaintance who you don't have a phone number for, you simply go to the phone book and look up their name. Yet in current times most people do not even waste space in their homes with the chunky paper phone books, but prefer to visit websites which have the same information and look it up much quicker.
Yet things happen in most people's lives where they receive a phone number and want to determine who it belongs to. Phone books are designed only to look up the name of the business or person you need to contact, so won't help much. With cell phones being so commonplace these days it gets even more complicated because there isn't a phone number phone book accessible to the community as we have with residential numbers. Apparently, developments in technology have made another sort of phone number compilation necessary.
Reverse phone lookup is just what its name suggests: it reverses the method in which you normally use a number listing. Rather than browsing for a name to get to a number or address, you are using a phone number to retrieve the name or address of whoever the number is registered to.
Most people do not even know this is possible, yet with the development of reverse phone lookup directories it is now widely used in the business world. It is also growing with individuals who become curious about a number for whatever reason. It is a new sort of phone book that could potentially erase the demand for phone books in the future.
If you are receiving a lot of unwanted phone calls, whether they be childish hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even telemarketers or bill collectors who don't clearly identify themselves but call nonstop, there is a way to identify exactly who is connected to the calls by tapping into one of these services.
You can check out whitepages.com and find a limited reverse phone lookup directory for the most basic information or for listed landline numbers, but there are two varieties of information that cannot be retrieved by any other resource other than a more detailed listing.
- * When you have a phone number but no additional information and need a corresponding 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- * When you have someone's cell phone or an unpublished landline number and want to find a name, address, or additional information.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 these sorts of information because it is not equipped with the information you are searching for.
Reverse phone lookup directories put out a lot of time obtaining information, double checking that it is as updated as possible, and saving it all in an organized directory so that it may be quickly utilized by consumers on demand.
A lot of this information retrieved is not easy to find and some of it they have to pay for as well. For instance, a reputable, up to date listing will have to purchase numbers from cell phone companies for accurate listings of numbers. As with any business, it is to be expected that you will be required to hand over a nominal fee to gain access to their records.
The key to the fee is it should be low and fair, typically around a buck or so for a single phone number search and about 15 bucks for more long term subscription to the |listings|directory|service}. Any service asking for a large fee for limited information delivered should be avoided.
There are too many good websites out there to waste time and money on incomplete resources, so ensure they actually have the information you need before giving them your money.