Free Phone Services

Back in December we discussed some phone services that are available for use for FREE!!!!! Let recap what was covered.

First we covered a directory assistance phone number: 1-800-FREE-411. This is a great 411 (Directory Assistance) number. It allows you to look up any residential or business from any phone. It also allows free connection to any business (I became aware of this feature since the presentation).

Another 411 service we looked at was 1-800-GOOG-411. This is a service provided by Google. GOOG-411, unlike the FREE-411, is only able to search business listings. Google's service also offers the free connection. Even though GOOG-411 has less features than FREE-411, I am still holding out. Google has created some great products and I don't think they will leave GOOG-411 where it is.

The final service we spoke about was Google SMS. SMS (Short Message Service) is a technology used to send and receive text messages on cell phones. If you send a formatted text message to 466453 (the numeric value of GOOGLE), Google will send back information based on the message you sent. For information on how to format your text messages, go to www.google.com/sms/. This is a perfect example of some of the great services offered by Google.