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1010PhoneRates.com view detail comment email this

This site compares rates of the major 10-10 long distance phone plans for intra-state, interstate, and international calls. There is information on how to choose a plan. There are related links. Updated weekly to keep current with rate changes.
http://www.10-10PhoneRates.com/
Topics: Finance, Technology
Last updated Nov 29, 2002


411.com view detail comment email this

This website provides "online directory assistance services to consumers." It includes white pages, yellow pages, a reverse phone directory, and tools for finding area codes and ZIP codes. The listing information "comes from publicly available local telephone records for published telephone listings. Non-published or unlisted numbers may appear if the number is still being provided by directory assistance." Includes a form for removing a listing.
http://www.411.com
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Aug 2, 2005


All Nations Expatriates and Travelers Telephone Search Engine view detail comment email this

Search by choosing the country you are trying to phone. Results will include the correct dialing prefix and may also have links to pertinent online telephone directories.
http://www.escapeartist.com/global/telephone.htm
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Jul 20, 2004


Antique Telephone History Website view detail comment email this

This site provides "links to the history of the telephone and the histories of a number of current telephone companies. In addition, information about antique telephones, wiring diagrams, where to obtain parts and the Antique Telephone Collectors Association is provided." Includes a short biography of inventor Alexander Graham Bell and a list of collectors' events. From the Antique Telephone Collector's Association (ATCA).
http://atcaonline.com/phone/
Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Technology
Last updated Jan 7, 2008


AnyWho Online Directory: Toll-Free Numbers view detail comment email this

A directory of toll-free telephone numbers. Searchable by business name. From AT&T.
http://www.anywho.com/tf.html
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated May 3, 2005


AnyWho: Internet Directory Assistance view detail comment email this

This United States telephone directory from AT&T allows reverse phone number lookups and provides maps and directions for people and businesses found. Has white pages, yellow pages, toll-free listings, and links to other national online phone books. E-mail, Web page, FAX, and toll-free Number information is included if supplied by users.
http://www.anywho.com/
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Jul 2, 2003


AT&T Technology Timeline view detail comment email this

This timeline features descriptions of telecommunication, sound, and data technology developments starting with the birth of the telephone in 1876. Some of the of the events include fax service (1924), sound motion pictures (1926), synthetic speech (1936), the first mobile telephone call (1946), the first direct-dial transcontinental telephone call (1951), UNIX and the Internet (1969), and quantum computing (1999). From AT&T.
http://www.corp.att.com/attlabs/reputation/timeline/
Topics: Technology
Last updated Oct 31, 2007


AT&T Traveler: Plans and Services view detail comment email this

Find country and city telephone dialing codes around the world. Select the country and then click on Country Code in the dialing instructions to get the country code and a list of codes for cities in that country.
http://www.usa.att.com/traveler/services/index.jsp
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Feb 9, 2004


California On-Line Directory (COLD) view detail comment email this

COLD is an online version of the California state telephone book "designed to improve access to government information and services for state employees, local government and the general public." Locate state employees, agencies,and more. Includes a state governmental organization chart. Searchable.
http://www.cold.ca.gov/
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Jan 11, 2004


CBC News: Cellphones view detail comment email this

News coverage of cell phones and the wireless industry, with an emphasis on issues of concern to Canadians. Features background about how cell phones work, interviews, and articles about cell phone plans and competition between cell phone carriers, cell phones and health, innovations and trends in the industry, comparison of cell phone prices around the world, and much more. From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/cellphones/
Topics: Technology
Last updated Dec 5, 2007


Cell Phone Batteries: CPSC, CTIA Working Together to Keep Consumers Safe view detail comment email this

This 2005 press release provides safety tips for use of cell phones, batteries, and chargers. Tips include not using incompatible cell phone batteries and chargers, not permitting a battery out of the phone to come in contact with metal objects, not placing the phone in areas that may get very hot, and not getting the phone wet. From the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and CTIA: The Wireless Association.
http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml05/05174.html
Topics: Technology
Last updated Jan 17, 2007


Cell Phone Driving Laws view detail comment email this

"States are examining the correlation between cell phone use while driving and crashes. ... [M]ultiple states have identified an emerging highway safety trend of cell phone use by novice drivers and have thus restricted use." Features a table describing restrictions for cell phone use for novice and other drivers. From the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), a nonprofit association that represents state and territorial highway safety offices.
http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html
Topics: Automobiles, Law by Place (U.S. States & non-U.S.), Public Health & Safety, Technology
Last updated Sep 24, 2007


CollectiveGood Mobile Phone Recycling view detail comment email this

"If you have a spare mobile phone sitting on a shelf or in a drawer, you can recycle it here in an environmentally and socially responsible manner." CollectiveGood is a commercial enterprise that remanufactures or recycles donated cell phones. The site includes a list of affiliated charities. The donations may be tax deductible.
http://www.collectivegood.com/
Topics: Charity & Nonprofit Resources, Environment, Technology
Last updated Nov 14, 2002


Consumer Reports: Best Cell Phone Deals view detail comment email this

This consumer article provides suggestions for choosing cell phone providers, following the 2007 national annual survey that "found that fewer than half of respondents were completely or very satisfied" with their cell phone service. Explanations and possible solutions are provided for problems such as poor coverage, unsatisfactory customer service, early termination fees, and mandatory extensions. Note: related articles only available to subscribers. From Consumer Reports.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/electronics-computers/phones-mobile-devices/phones/cell-phone-service-providers/cell-phone-service-1-08/overview/cell-service-ov.htm
Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Technology
Last updated Dec 12, 2007


Country and City Telephone Codes by LDPost view detail comment email this

Searchable directory of international country and city telephone dialing codes. Provided by a long distance telephone company.
http://www.longdistancepost.com/Country_City_Telephone_Codes.htm
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Jul 17, 2002


Fast Forward: Help File [Cell Phone Prompts] view detail comment email this

This brief column from June 2008 "describe[s] how to skip both a voice-mail greeting and the prompts after it by pressing the right key on your phone." Includes instructions for major U.S. cell phone providers. From the Help File column of the Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/14/AR2008061400050.html
Topics: Technology
Last updated Jul 8, 2008


Go Toll Free: The Internet 800 Directory view detail comment email this

This directory of 800/888/877/866/855 telephone numbers is searchable by product, service, company name, or toll-free number.
http://inter800.com/
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated May 3, 2005


The History of AT&T view detail comment email this

A site about AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph Company), founded in 1875 by Alexander Bell. Features a timeline and overview of company history (including the 1984 divestiture), a history of the AT&T network, and information about the invention of the telephone and AT&T and television. Also includes video clips and other images.
http://www.corp.att.com/history/
Topics: Business, Industries, Technology
Last updated Feb 9, 2007


Infobel (Telephone Directories on the Web) view detail comment email this

Includes links to online telephone, fax, and business directories from around the world. Includes white pages, yellow pages, and toll-free directories.
http://www.infobel.com/World/
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Jun 13, 2007


The Joy of Text view detail comment email this

Collection of fun features related to text messaging, including facts and figures (emphasis is on UK statistics), video clips, examples of emoticons and abbreviations, and hundreds of funny, romantic, and weird text messages. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/breakfast/3024891.stm
Topics: Technology
Last updated Jun 29, 2007


Long Distance AREA DECODER view detail comment email this

This handy device will give you the appropriate country, city or area code for dialing locales around the world. It will also quote you AmeriCom's per-minute connection charges.
http://decoder.americom.com/
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Aug 6, 2002


Mobile Millennium view detail comment email this

Starting in November 2008 and "spanning 18 months, the Mobile Millennium project will design, test and implement a state-of-the-art system to collect traffic data from GPS-equipped mobile phones and estimate traffic conditions in real-time." This site provides background, links to news, and an opportunity for you to download software so your cell phone can become a mobile traffic sensor. From the California Center for Innovative Transportation, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
http://traffic.berkeley.edu/
Topics: Technology, Transportation
Last updated Nov 17, 2008


NANPA: North American Numbering Plan Administration [Area Codes] view detail comment email this

Find area codes (known officially as Numbering Plan Areas, or NPAs) by state, country, or number. Includes area codes introduced since 1995, and planned NPAs not yet in service. Also find a discussion of how area codes are constructed. From the North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA), an agency responsible for the numbering plan for the Public Switched Telephone Network for Canada, the United States and its territories, and the Caribbean.
http://www.nanpa.com/
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Aug 19, 2005


National Health Information Center (NHIC) view detail comment email this

The heart of this site is its Health Information Resource Database, which includes thousands of U.S. organizations and government offices that provide health information on request. Included are a list of toll-free health information telephone numbers and federal health information centers and clearinghouses. Browse by subject or search by title, keyword, city, or state.
http://www.health.gov/nhic/
Topics: Health, Health, Technology
Last updated May 19, 2005


PagesJaunes view detail comment email this

A telephone and address directory for France, with a database of yellow and white pages searchable by personal or business name, town, and region. Results show exact matches and French sound-alikes, maps, and Web links and photographs for businesses. In addition, the site provides links to similar directories around the world. Also available in French.
http://wgc.pagesjaunes.fr/pb.cgi?lang=en
Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Jul 5, 2004


The Payphone Project view detail comment email this

Searchable and browsable database of about 500,000 pay phone numbers in the United States and around the world. Started as a "whimsical joke" in 1995, this site has evolved to include pay phone news stories, numerous photos of phone booths, and links to other pay phone resources.
http://www.payphone-project.com
Topics: Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment, Technology
Last updated Aug 26, 2006


PhoneSpell view detail comment email this

Use this simple form to learn what words and phrases your phone number spells. Enter the full phone number, the start of a phone number, letters (to find the corresponding numbers), or a 16-digit Wii friend code (for Nintendo Wii). The site notes that "some numbers just have such odd combinations of letters and/or too many zeroes and ones that they simply do not have good mnemonics." Created by an Internet consultant.
http://phonespell.com/
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Jul 9, 2007


Picturephoning.com view detail comment email this

This blog "covers the new world of picture and video phones." Material is searchable, or browsable by date or by topics such as copyright issues, privacy concerns, and pornography. From two French science and technology writers.
http://www.textually.org/picturephoning/
Topics: Blogs & Podcasts by Subject, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Technology
Last updated May 19, 2004


Plug Into eCycling: Recycle Your Cell Phone view detail comment email this

Background and details about this U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiative, launched in early 2008, to encourage cell phone recycling. "[D]espite the large number of programs, most consumers still do not know where or how they can recycle their cell phones. Consequently, less than 20 percent of unwanted cell phones are recycled each year." Includes a fact sheet and podcast, places to drop off and mail in cell phones, and related material. From the EPA.
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/partnerships/plugin/cellphone/
Topics: Environment, Technology
Last updated Dec 6, 2008


Radiation-Emitting Products: Cell Phones view detail comment email this

Information about the safety of using cell phones. The site notes that there is "no proof ... that wireless phones are absolutely safe," but also that no scientific evidence shows that cell phones cause health problems. The site also discusses the standards developed to help manufacturers minimize interference with pacemakers and hearing aids. Includes an explanation of how cell phones work. From the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/RadiationEmittingProductsandProcedures/HomeBusinessandEntertainment/CellPhones/default.htm
Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Medical Treatments & Devices, Technology
Last updated Jun 16, 2009


Sección Amarilla view detail comment email this

Available only in Spanish, yellow pages directory for Mexico. Search by company or business and limit by state.
http://www.seccionamarilla.com.mx/
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Jul 3, 2007


Skype view detail comment email this

Make phone calls free over the Internet with this free VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) software, available for a variety of platforms (including Windows, Mac, and Linux).
http://www.skype.com/
Topics: Internet, Technology
Last updated Feb 1, 2005


Superpages.com view detail comment email this

Access to millions of U.S. and Canadian white and yellow page listings of people, government offices, and businesses. Search for a listing by name, address, business category, phone number, or address. Formerly InfoSpace.com.
http://www.superpages.com/
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Aug 28, 2008


Switchboard view detail comment email this

Claims phone numbers for 93 million people and 11 million businesses. Queries can be made with just a name or searches can be narrowed by state or city.
http://www.switchboard.com/
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Aug 6, 2002


Text Messaging: More Than Just an Add-on to Cell Phone Plans view detail comment email this

Provides an overview of text messaging (known as SMS, or short messaging service) on cell phones, including how to send messages, who uses text messaging, and benefits of text messaging for the deaf community. Includes links to related resources. From an assistive technology specialist for the Adaptive Technology Center for New Jersey Colleges.
http://www.tcnj.edu/~technj/2003/testmessaging.htm
Topics: Disabilities, Technology
Last updated Jan 13, 2005


Ultimate White Pages view detail comment email this

If you need to find a telephone number fast, try this handy tool for searching online residential telephone books. Simply type into the Yahoo boxes the name, city, and state (or as much as you know) of the person you are looking for, and the site will copy the information to the other five white pages search engines (WhoWhere, Switchboard, Infospace, AnyWho, and Worldpages). Choose one to search (it opens a new window), come back, search another, etc. You can also do reverse number lookups and map searches from this page. The site also offers fast forms for e-mail lookups, yellow pages, and trip planning.
http://www.theultimates.com/white/
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Dec 23, 2003


US PIC codes view detail comment email this

Find out which company owns that 10-10 long distance code. This site lists all the Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier (PIC) codes that are used to identify US long distance carriers. Listed by alphabetically by name of holder and numerically by PIC number.
http://www.davis-company.com/picbyname.html
Topics: Technology
Last updated Aug 6, 2002


whitepages.com.au view detail comment email this

Australian telephone directory. Includes postcodes, dialing codes, and a link to their Yellow Pages Online.
http://www.whitepages.com.au/
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Regions of the World, Technology
Last updated Jan 23, 2006


Wireless Short Message Service (SMS) view detail comment email this

This tutorial provides an overview of short message service (SMS), which is "a globally accepted wireless service that enables the transmission of alphanumeric messages between mobile subscribers and external systems such as electronic mail, paging, and voice-mail systems." It includes an "introduction to basic SMS concepts, specifications, networks, and services." Includes a glossary. From the nonprofit International Engineering Consortium.
http://www.iec.org/online/tutorials/wire_sms/
Topics: Technology
Last updated Feb 22, 2006


Yahoo! People Search view detail comment email this

Search on name, domain, city, or state to find email and telephone white-pages information. Returns from the telephone search provide address, phone number, and links to maps; advanced email search lets you specify address as well as organization (such as a company or school).
http://people.yahoo.com/
Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Jun 13, 2005


Yellowpages.com.au view detail comment email this

A classified telephone directory for Australian businesses, products, and services.
http://www.yellowpages.com.au/
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Regions of the World, Technology
Last updated Feb 18, 2006


ZabaSearch view detail comment email this

This site searches for addresses, phone numbers, and birth years for individuals in the U.S. It "accesses public information and displays what is available in the public domain." Also includes suggestions for preventing personal information from becoming widely available and a link to an article about why this type of search is legal. Background check information is available for a fee.
http://www.zabasearch.com
Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Technology
Last updated Jul 26, 2005




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