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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. 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".

5. The history of the American phone book - AOL

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   1878: First phone directory printed in Connecticut. Telegraph manager George Coy of New Haven, Connecticut, developed an exchange—the system that allows people to call each other—within a year ...

6. Pacific Bell Directory - Wikipedia

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   Pacific Telesis (1984-1997) SBC/AT&T (1997-2012) YP Holdings (2012-present) YP Western Directory LLC, formerly Pacific Bell Directory, was the advertising and publishing division of the Pacific Telesis Group. PBD Holdings held Pacific Bell Directory under its umbrella, who published directories in both Nevada and California.

7. Telephone directory - Wikipedia

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   A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phonebook, or the white and yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. Its purpose is to allow the telephone number of a subscriber identified by ...