Searching for a friend can often be as easy as searching for a phone number using a reverse phone lookup. Reverse phone lookups can provide data about many different types of phones, including wireless devices, so no matter what kind of phone your friend uses, you can pretty much always find out a few specific pieces of information, including the name and address connected to the phone number. An address-either service or billing-is just about all the data you really need to not only find someone, but keep in touch for years to come.

Your first step when using a reverse phone lookup to search a phone number is to make sure that the service you are using is a free reverse phone lookup. These access public directories and determine based on the results of this free search what kind of phone was used to make a call. If it is a published business or residential land line, the results will be returned automatically, because all national phone directory data is a matter of public record, and it's always free to access.

If the number you are searching for is a cell phone number, you may need to use a reverse phone lookup capable of accessing private directories in order to search this phone number. Since each cell phone provider owns its own directory of its customers, you should expect to pay a small fee to find out more about a cell phone number.

Once you determine what kind of phone your friend uses, it is easy to make a decision about the next step. Investing in a cell phone lookup might be well worth the expense just to reconnect with old high school classmates. Once you decide to search a phone number, you are only a few minutes away from finding just about anyone.