What is the difference between home phone and cell phone in reverse phone number search?
Posted by iphoneguru on Sunday Sep 6, 2009 Under 3g iphone, iphone, iphone accessories, iphone car kit, iphone downloads, iphone games, iphone ringtonesSometimes people would like to run a reverse phone look up to get the information about a cell phone number’s owner, such as name, address, etc. It will be better if you can get it without payment . But, the actual situation is , sometimes you can get it for free, but sometimes you can’t.
In a reverse phone number look up , if it is a home phone number, then it is very likely you can get the information for free . But if it is a cell phone number, then it is very likely you can’t get it for free . Why?
Because the landline phone owner’s information is public information. It is very easy for others to get this information by going to some public directories, such as white pages, or some web sites. When you sign up for a landline phone (such as your home phone) , the phone company will always ask if you would like to pay some extra fee to remove your information from the public list . Most likely you will say “no” in order to save money . Therefore, your name and phone number will be listed in the public directory . When people run a reverse phone number search by entering your phone number into a phone directory, they can find it for free.
If you are signing up for a cell phone, the cell phone company won’t put your information in the public phone directory. But this doesn’t mean it will keep your information as a secret. The cell phone company may have partnership with other reverse cell phone search companies, which provide provide paid services to the public. Your information is still listed in some directories. When people want to find out your information from your cell phone, they can’t find it in the public directory . They need to pay the fee to run a reverse cell phone number lookup in order to get the information .
