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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".
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.
To get a listing in a remote or non-local area code, directory assistance is available at 1- area code -555-1212. In some cases, a 411 call from a landline will yield local, national, and sometimes international listings. Most telephone companies permit up to two listings per 411 calls.
It's as easy as dialing 411 on your cell phone. My carrier, Verizon, charges almost $1.50 for each call. ... 411 for free-free-free. Tom Barlow. Updated July 14, ... Why does Canada have so many ...
The statement that 411 has been the number for information in most of the U.S. & Canada for decades is also rather misleading. It depends entirely upon the area concerned. 411 has been in use since at least the 1930s in SOME areas, and was adopted as the official standard by Bell/AT&T.
6-1-1. 611 is an abbreviated dialing telephone number in the North American Numbering Plan, implemented by many telephone companies for reporting troubles with telephone service, or with a payphone. It is an N11 code, which are reserved from assignment as area codes or central office codes, for use in special services.
Discontinued. GOOG-411 (or Google Voice Local Search) was a telephone service launched by Google in 2007, that provided a speech-recognition -based business directory search, and placed a call to the resulting number in the United States or Canada. [1] The service was accessible a toll-free telephone number.
A reverse telephone directory (also known as a gray pages directory, criss-cross directory or reverse phone lookup) is a collection of telephone numbers and associated customer details. However, unlike a standard telephone directory, where the user uses customer's details (such as name and address) in order to retrieve the telephone number of ...