Cell phone directory reverse people search options have improved greatly in the past year. While a proper white pages style directory lookup service from the cellular service providers looks like it will never happen, several private databases can send you the current state of the art reverse phone directory for prank and nuisance calls.
The phone number database that powers the backend of this phone search tool outperforms any of the free reverse cell phone directory search lookup tools on the internet. I’ve compared it with Anywho, Whitepages, Yellowpages, Intellius, Net Detective, and Webdetective. The first three offer free reverse lookups, the latter three offer paid reverse search access (even for unlisted phone numbers) to get the caller details and address.
Anywho, Whitepages (even using the “Ultimate White Pages” option) and Yellowpages all offer limited telephone number information for listed landline phone numbers only. This is information that the actual telephone companies release when you call 411 directory assistance. There are no search options for cell phone numbers, wireless, unlisted, or even old-style analog pager numbers.
Intellius offers what appears to me to be a repackaged “InfoUSA” database. InfoUSA catered to telemarketers and mail-marketers in the late ’90’s, and there database looks a little stale to me (particularly for a cell phone number). Net Detective & Web Detective (same company?) offer what looks like a combination of Intellius + some other public records system. Neither of these two have a particularly stellar customer satisfaction rating, so be advised there.
