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  2. 1-800-FREE-411 - Wikipedia

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    Service. Callers dial 1-800 (888 or 866)-FREE411 [373-3411] from any phone in the United States to use the toll-free service. Sponsors cover part of the service cost by playing advertising messages during the call. Callers always hear an ad at the beginning of the call, and then another after they have made their request.

  3. Directory assistance - Wikipedia

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    Toll-free directory assistance. In the U.S., directory assistance for companies with toll-free "800 numbers" (with area codes 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, and 888) was available from toll-free directory assistance, reachable by dialing 1-800-555-1212, for many decades until it was discontinued in 2020. [citation needed]

  4. Toll-free telephone numbers in the North American Numbering ...

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    In the early 1980s, Bell Labs received a patent for what became AT&T's "Advanced 800 Service", a computer-controlled system where any toll-free number could point to any destination number, such as to a small business local number instead of a special InWATS line, and an itemized bill generated only for the calls the business actually received.

  5. Small Business Administration - Wikipedia

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    The SBA was created on July 30, 1953, by Republican President Eisenhower with the signing of the Small Business Act, currently codified at 15 U.S.C. ch. 14A.The Small Business Act was originally enacted as the "Small Business Act of 1953" in Title II (67 Stat. 232) of Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 83–163 (ch. 282, 67 Stat. 230, July 30, 1953); The "Reconstruction Finance ...

  6. Toll-free telephone number - Wikipedia

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    A toll-free telephone number or freephone number is a telephone number that is billed for all arriving calls. For the calling party, a call to a toll-free number from a landline is free of charge. A toll-free number is identified by a dialing prefix similar to an area code. The specific service access varies by country.

  7. 800-The-Info - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.800theinfo.com. 800-The-Info (or 1-800-843-4636) was a toll-free directory assistance (DA) and information service provided in the United States by Verizon. [1] 800-The-Info was subsidized by businesses that purchase advertising space on the service. Callers did not pay for the service, but had to listen to ads.

  8. 411 (telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    411 (telephone number) 411 is a telephone number for local directory assistance in Canada and the United States. Until the early 1980s, 411 – and the related 113 number – were free to call in most jurisdictions. In the United States, the service is commonly known as "information", [1] although its official name is "directory assistance".

  9. List of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    Mayfair Games (Skokie) Radio Flyer (Chicago) Revell (Elk Grove Village) Riddell (Des Plaines) SRAM Corporation (Chicago) Stern (Melrose Park) TDC Games (Itasca) Ty Inc. (Westmont) Wilson Sporting Goods (Chicago), a subsidiary of Amer Sports Corporation.