You know, just when you thought that google had it’s hands in everything – this one comes up. Google has started their own completely free Directory Assistance phone hotline number 800-GOOG-411. It’s free, it’s quick, and it works. It’s weird too, because the cell companies like Nextel, Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T are getting $1.75 or more per call for directory assistance. They’re making a killing on that, which is why so many geeks started using 800-FREE-411. But with that service you get 20 seconds of commercial crap and then if the the automated service can’t fetch your number you are SOL, because they no longer have live operators. So, once again – it’s google to the rescue! That number shouldn’t be hard to remember thenext time you need to look a phone number up!
[tags]google, free 411, information, directory assistance, cell phone tips[/tags]
When it comes to free directory assistance (aka, “411” or “information”), you and your readers have LOTS of choices, including several that have been around since well before the Google version and others that have come out since. They differ in some important ways, so try them all out and see which one(s) you prefer – you may just end up with more than one in your phone directory. Also, with this many companies trying to get our search attention, you may want to try them all again every so often just to see what’s new! Grin!
I prefer the ones that have operators to help when the automation doesn’t recognize me, that get me accurate information fast, and that also don’t restrict me to only business searches – sometimes I need to find people, too!
1-800-YellowPages (800-935-5697)
1-800-2ChaCha (800-224-2242)
1-800-411-SAVE (800-411-7283)
1-800-555-Tell (800-555-8355)
1-800-Call-411 (800-225-5411)
1-800-Call-Dex (800-225-5339)
1-800-Free-411 (800-373-3411)
1-800-Goog-411 (800-466-4411)
1-800-Info-Fast (800-463-6327)
1-800-The-Info (800-843-4636)
Re: Goog411 While Google is one of the best at recognizing your voice, it still find that it takes far longer for the computer to understand me and then connect me than a regular operator does. I want to second pinetrees comment – real people work better. I use 800-411-SAVE as the have live operators (in the US from the sound of it!), find numbers for business, people, and government offices in the US and Canada, and connect me for free.