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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".
Jingle Networks aims at attracting customers away from an existing fee-based market. The Wall Street Journal described it as "inspired by the business model of Google ". [ 8 ] From 2005 through the early 2010, Jingle Networks guessed they saved consumers $1 billion [ 5 ] based on an inflated rate of $2 a call for directory assistance.
411 LDA: Local Directory Assistance. 411 is dialed, and the operator is requested to search for a listing in a group of area codes local to the caller . Example: the caller lives in area code 630 (Oak Brook, Illinois) and requests a listing for a business in area code 312 (Chicago, Illinois). In this case, AT&T Illinois bills the call.
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 via a toll-free telephone number.
In the United States, Microsoft operated a toll-free number (1-800-BING-411 or 1-800-CALL-411) for directory assistance called Bing 411. This service used voice search technologies powered by Tellme. Users are able to find and connect for free to local shops and restaurants and obtain driving directions, traffic reports, sports scores, stock ...
Algard was searching for a friend's contact information, and the phone company gave him the wrong number. [4] He thought of an online email directory as an easier way to find people. [5] [6] Algard bought the Whitepages.com domain for $900, [7] [8] which he says was all of his savings at the time. [5]
1-800-CALL-411 has resurfaced in recent times. The number first tells you to press 9 for directory assistance. This transfers you to AT&T Wireless's "Voice Info" service, an ad supported voice search service still apparently powered by Tellme, that is normally accessed by AT&T Wireless customers by dialing *8 (formerly #121).
411 may refer to: The year AD 411, the four hundred and eleventh year of the Gregorian calendar; 411 BC; 4-1-1, a telephone directory assistance number in the United States and Canada By extension, a slang term for "information" 411.com, a Reverse telephone directory web property of Whitepages (company)