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

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   The format of the toll-free number is called a non-geographic number, in contrast to telephone numbers associated with households that are geographic. (Since the advent of cell phones and voice over IP, households can have any area code in the U.S., but it is still geographic in the sense that calls from that area code are considered local, but ...

3. 411 (telephone number) - Wikipedia

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   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". [2]

4. Toll-free telephone number - Wikipedia

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   The implementation of toll-free calling by assigning special telephone numbers for charging a destination party is implemented in many countries by various dialing prefixes in the local number plan. In Argentina , the prefix for toll-free numbers is "0800", followed by seven digits (the first three of them are fixed for each operator, so the ...

5. Telephone number - Wikipedia

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   In rural areas with magneto crank telephones connected to party lines, the local phone number consisted of the line number plus the ringing pattern of the subscriber. To dial a number such as "3R122" meant making a request to the operator the third party line (if making a call off your own local one), followed by turning the telephone's crank ...

6. North American Numbering Plan - Wikipedia

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   411 — local telephone directory service; some telephone companies provide national directory ... The toll-free telephone numbers in NPA 800, 888, 877, 866 ...

7. 311 (telephone number) - Wikipedia

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   The telephone number 3-1-1 creates a central hub for local subscribers to access a variety of city services. It is intended, in part, to divert routine inquiries and non-urgent community concerns from the 9-1-1 number which is reserved for emergency service.