Call your business's local phone service provider. You can locate the customer service phone number for your provider on your business phone bill. Verify your authorization to make changes to your ...

The operator is going off the hook for millions of customers, CNN reported. Starting in January, AT&T customers with digital landlines won't be able to dial 411 or 0 to reach an operator or get ...

Calling 411 for directory assistance can be maddeningly expensive. Carriers like Sprint and Verizon charge more than $1 and sometimes as much as $2 a call from a cell phone. And much of that is profit ...

Origins: One of the many changes that has taken place in the telephone industry in the last few decades is that while phone companies once generally provided their local customers with free directory ...

This summer, after a vacation to the East Coast, Willem Knibbe was shocked when he checked his cell phone bill: He had somehow managed to rack up $40 in 411 directory assistance calls during this trip ...

It used to be you'd let your fingers do the walking if you needed to find a phone number. That's no longer the case. The phone book has been usurped by three little numbers: 411. How much are you ...

The money you spend on 411 calls may seem like small potatoes, but it's really big business. Each time you ask an operator to look up a number or place a call, you're charged $1-$2 — and those fees ...

There have been so many times I have needed to get a phone number while using my cell phone lately. Usually, it is to call a store to see if they have an item before spending $5 worth of gas to find ...