Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: "David E. Bernholdt" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: 1-555-1212 for Local Directory Assistance? Message-ID: <10523@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 6 Aug 90 20:20:41 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: "David E. Bernholdt" Organization: University of Florida Quantum Theory Project Lines: 19 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 546, Message 11 of 11 I was recently in Cincinatti, Ohio & needed a number from directory assistance. I dialed 411 and the got a recording saying (I think) "your call cannot be completed..." I called the operator & discovered that local directory assistance was 1-555-1212. I had never heard of this before & wonder how common it is? Is 411 being phased out, or is this just a local thing? David Bernholdt bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu Quantum Theory Project bernhold@ufpine.bitnet University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 904/392 6365 [Moderator's Note: Here in Chicago, 555-anything gets Directory Assistance, however you do need all seven digits before it will begin to process the call. Neither this or 555-1212 is advertised for Chicago area information calls, with 411 the preferred way of dialing the call. PT]