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2. Toll-free telephone numbers in the North American Numbering ...

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   Prior to the toll-free long distance market was opened to competition after 1986, a customer may have had a multi-carrier toll free number assigned by the Local Exchange Company for intrastate callers and an order placed with a long distance company for interstate callers.

3. 411 (telephone number) - Wikipedia

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   When long-distance numbers were needed, prior to the full introduction of direct-dialed long-distance service, callers would call either 411 or 0 and request a free long-distance connection to the directory assistance center in the distant city. In 1962, direct-dialed long-distance directory assistance became available.

4. Long-distance calling - Wikipedia

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   Dramatization of an operator-assisted long distance call c. 1949. In the radio series Dragnet, Sgt. Joe Friday places an operator assisted person-to-person long-distance call to a number reached via a manual switchboard in Fountain Green, Utah, a town of several hundred people served by an independent telephone company.

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   The company is providing free long distance to customers who have relatives in and near the ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in. Subscriptions ...

6. Toll-free telephone number - Wikipedia

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   Some older toll bar services designed to restrict toll calls (including long distance or calls to mobile phones) will also block calls to these free phone numbers, although this has become less common since the mid-1990s. A limited number of companies utilizing toll-free numbers will not accept calls from mobile phones. Some other free phone ...

7. 211 (telephone number) - Wikipedia

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   When the states in the US and provinces in Canada were assigned area codes in 1947 by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), direct distance dialing (DDD) using the area code and the local number was introduced starting in 1951, eventually eliminating the use of the prefix. After that, the local telephone providers designated "00 ...