411 Service now available!

[FONGO_steve]

We are happy to announce the official availability of 411 service to all freephoneline subscribers.

411 is $0.75 per use (not per minute).

[callopsitte_himself]

Good thing, and it's again cheaper than Bell!

But what if we don't have any LD voucher bought ($0,00 in account)?

[FONGO_kris]

If you have no funds on your account, you will hear an error: 'Your account balance is insufficient to place your call to that destination'.

[Ice]

I see this partly defeating the business model of Freephoneline, but what were your thoughts on a post-paid solution, linking to a pre-authorized credit card or direct-debit similar to Paypal?

[FONGO_kris]

We are thinking of this for the future, yes. Also, though it does dissolve part of the 'free' from 'freephoneline', it is optional whether or not you use it - Come to think of it, not many have in complained in the past 3.5 years we didn't have it

The basic service is still free, of course.

[tbrummell]

People use 411 still?!?!?

[Funkytown]

People use 411 still?!?!?

Most people use for FREE http://www.411.ca/

[FONGO_kris]

The difference here is you dial 411 on the phone and instead of getting an error you now get redirected to a 411 response service; likewise on the software when you dial 411 it no longer opens www.411.ca but dials it in the web pages place.

I believe the premise of 411 is having someone do the work for you

[Bloodsong]

A lot of people were adding a 411 command to their dial-string which would ring Google's 411 service as well I recall... but this cannot be an official model of Freephoneline due to the rights of use.

Also it's hardly a complete listing... but it can be fun to play with on a rainy night.