Free 411

In the USA, phone users "pay an average of $1.28 a pop for assistance over a regular phone and a whopping $1.57 for each such call via a cell phone." Which is of course ridiculous in this era of information being freely available online. Now Google has stepped in with a free 411 service, which will surely piss off a few phone companies, and maybe, ultimately, cause phone bills to go up to cover the loss of this revenue stream..

To try this service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone.

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