The internet has changed how we access our info. Instead of paying thousands of dollars for books, many people get their information now from websites like Yahoo. What was once expensive has become free.

Today I will investigate whether the internet has changed your ability to lookup up phone numbers to find out the owner's personal information for any phone number. I am excited by the proliferation of free information sources on the web. On the one hand, I think it is fantastic how much data is available. On the other hand, it is somewhat scary to me to know how simple it is for people to search for info about anybody on the web.

Many free people search services exist today. The most popular are the social networking sites, like Facebook.

As popular as these services are, there are many people who still do not use social networks. So how do you find people if they are not on a service like Myspace? Before the web, people would contact a private investigator to get this kind of information. It could cost thousands of dollars. But now, you can log on to the world wide web and find services which will offer you the exact same info that government officials use for under $50 for unlimited access. For this price, you can do reverse phone number look ups, even on unlisted. You enter a phone number and you will get back information like owner's name, owner's address, including city and state, and even the carrier for the phone number if applicable.

Many sites claim to be free, but in the end they offer very little information for free and just lead you to paid sites. So is there such a thing as a free lunch? In general, I would say no. There are very few sites that offer totally free reverse phone lookup information. That's where All Searches differs.