Free directory assistance
Mobile phone carriers make a lot of money from customers who use their 411 service. LiveSource, a company that handles directory assistance services for the major carriers, answers a billion 411 calls per year. They charge a couple of bucks every time you use the service, and if you use it once or twice a day, it can really rack up your phone bill.
I never dial 411. Whether I’m on a landline or my mobile, I dial 1-800-free-411, an advertising-sponsored directory assistance service. It’s worth it to me to listen to a 12-second advertisement before getting the number I need.
Besides 1-880-free-411, you can use a similar service, 1-800-411-metro.
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There's also Google's free service: 800-GOOG-411
Or you can send a text to 46645 with the name of a business and city-state OR zip code and get a text back in seconds
Posted by: Paul Tullis | July 3, 2007 1:55 PM