FREE 411 service for the cellphone!!!

[DoubleN]

Awesome, thanks!

 

[dabuddha]

I wonder if they'll log your cell phone number and you'll soon start getting telemarketing calls.

 

[Sm0kes]

Good post, op .... this is very useful for those times that you're too lazy to type out a text message to Google SMS.

 

[dayg]

cool stuff, just tested it and it worked in under 5 seconds. Go go google.

 

[Slick5150]

Weird, Alltel just says it can't send the message to Google.

 

[Wolverine27]

Originally posted by: rmrf

Originally posted by: MiataPaul

Originally posted by: esquared

Originally posted by: MiataPaul

Originally posted by: Adam8281
but you gots to pay for the text message, right? So it's not as free as the free-411

That depends on how many min. you have. You still have to pay for calls to 800 services so if you get free or cheap text it might still be cheaper, I have a lot more unsued "text" credits than I do phone min.

I don't understand your statement "You still have to pay for calls to 800 services"? Calls to 800 numbers are toll free. You don't have to pay for them. 800 service is included with your airtime (at least with Verizon), so if you are on a plan with included minutes it is the same as making a phone call to anyone else. The only time you would have to pay-per-minute is if you were on a pay-as-you-go plan like Virgin. 800 calls are still toll free calls regardless of land line or cell phone, again providing you have a plan with "X" amount of minutes.

Exactly my point, it uses your included air time. I come very close to using my min on my plan, so calls like this could push me over the limit. This is very different from a "toll free" call on a land line. Most land lines are not time limited for local calls and a toll free call will count as a local call, and on some of the plans that charge per min even on local calls, 800 calls are not charged (ergo toll free). If you make a call on a cell phone, at least on most plans the term "toll free" is really meaningless as most cell phone plans do not charge extra (toll) for long distance calls, but they take off time from your included min for calls to 800 numbers. So if you do not routinely come close to using your cell phone time, then it might be cheaper but run close to the limit and it could cost you. That was my point so if I made a lot of calls to this service it could potentially cost money for the time. So I get something like 200 text messages a month on my plan and use about 8 or so a week so that is a smarter choice for me.

I don't think you are grasping this here. Let me lay it out:

411 Service from $cellular_provider

• ~$1.50 charge for 411 call
  still uses cellphone minutes to make 411 call

Summary: Use plan minutes and pay ~$1.50 for 411 call.

411 Service from free provider

• no charge for 411 call
  still uses cellphone minutes to make 411 call

Summary: Use plan minutes and make a free 411 call.



That should be simple enough for you.

EDIT: formatting.

Exactly! Good info...and thanks to huynhc for sharing this with us!

 

[Spike]

Thanks for the info, added it to my phone book

-spike

 

[bigfil]

oh yeah now thast what im talkin about!
thanks cuz i hate paying a dollar or more to call 411
u da mang

 

[modedepe]

Thanks for the info. Looks like a good deal (as does the Google service).

 

[AndyD2k]

Added to my cell - I use 411 at least once a month. If I can save whatever the Verizon fee for the service, then why not. Thanks!

 

[marors1]

It seemed to work fine on a landline too, so I guess you can do 411 for free anywhere

 

[bigrash]

thanks

 

[SuepaFly]

I use 1-800-555-TELL, get driving directions too.

800-555-TELL

 

[neonerd]

I :heart: you.

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
obviously spam, but because we like it it is not?


:laugh: at you guys

Since it isn't unsolicited, it's not considered spam. By dialing the number, we are agreeing to trade 10 seconds of our life for a phone number.

 

[DongTran]

works pretty good.

although the post was obviously an ad. Those damn vietnamese, always trying to exploit free resources!

du man di ngua!

 

[apoppin]

thanks . . . got a wrong number . . . but close . . .

very useful!

 

[s0ssos]

Originally posted by: dabuddha
I wonder if they'll log your cell phone number and you'll soon start getting telemarketing calls.

i don't think so. i don't think you're allowed to call cell phone numbers if you're a telemarketer. it's illegal. (at least that's what i heard, and i told a telemarketer once that they were calling a cell phone and they apologized and hung up)

 

[s0ssos]

Originally posted by: McPhreak

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
obviously spam, but because we like it it is not?


:laugh: at you guys

Since it isn't unsolicited, it's not considered spam. By dialing the number, we are agreeing to trade 10 seconds of our life for a phone number.

obviously, the one that is spamming is Goosemaster

 

[huynhc]

self bump... thought more people could notice this "deal"

 

[SuPrEIVIE]

thanks for that bump didn't notice!
nice catch OP

 

[szechuanpork]

thanks

 

[carbine15]

bump