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CenturyLink grew as Century Telephone and later CenturyTel through acquiring many small and mid-size telephone companies. These include: CenturyTel of Chester, Inc. (Iowa, Minnesota) CenturyTel of Colorado, Inc. – formerly Universal Telephone; CenturyTel of Eagle, Inc. – formerly owned by Pacific Telecom
Toll-free telephone numbers in the North American Numbering Plan have the area code prefix 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, and 888.Additionally, area codes 822, 880 through 887, and 889 are reserved for toll-free use in the future.
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.
A RespOrg, or responsible organization, is a company that maintains the registration for individual toll-free telephone numbers in the North American Numbering Plan by means of the distributed Service Management System/800 database.
Phone support is available for account management and password reset help, Mon-Fri: 8am-12am ET; Sat: 8am-10pm ET. For additional hours of operation for different services visit our support options page for contact info.
Qwest Corporation, doing business as CenturyLink QC, is a Regional Bell Operating Company owned by Lumen Technologies. It was originally named Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company , later becoming known as Mountain Bell , then US West Communications, Inc. from 1991 to 2000.
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.
Embarq was acquired by CenturyTel in 2009, which in 2010 changed its name to CenturyLink. Embarq Florida began doing business under the CenturyLink name. Embarq Florida’s legal name was changed in 2022 to CenturyLink of Florida, Inc., as it was retained by Lumen following the sale of most ex-Embarq operating companies to Brightspeed. [1]