What is the difference between landline phone and cell phone in reverse phone number look up?

Posted on 08 August 2009

Sometimes people would like to run a reverse phone number look up to get the information about a cell phone number’s owner, such as name, address, etc. Of cause it is better to get this information for free. 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 . If it belongs to a cell phone , then probably you don’t have the good luck. 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 a user is signing up for a home phone service, 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 look up by entering your phone number into a public 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. It may sell your information to other reverse cell phone search companies, which provide reverse phone number search services to the public by charging a certain fee . 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 .

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