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INTERNET 800 DIRECTORY
FEATURED ON qwestdex.com
ALBUQUERQUE [NOVEMBER 8, 2000] Englewood, Colo.-based Qwest Dexä http://www.qwestdex.com , the leading Internet Yellow Pages in Qwest Dex's 14-state service region, has signed an agreement with the Internet 800 Directoryä http://Inter800.com , the largest toll free directory on the Internet. As a result, qwestdex.com will offer Internet 800 Directory's toll-free number search services via Qwest Dex's site.
According to Steven A. Jackson, CEO of Digital Information and Network Co., Inc., owner of the Internet 800 Directory, "Qwest Dex users now have a valuable tool to access toll free numbers by which to call companies for services and products. Internet directories are greatly enhanced by having an 800 directory for customers to access."
ABOUT THE INTERNET 800 DIRECTORY
The Internet 800 Directory was created on the WWW in December, 1995, as the first and only major toll-free entry into a market that allowed all businesses to be listed, free, and regardless of carrier. Hundreds of thousands of toll free numbers contained within the Internet 800 Directory are not listed anywhere else. US domestic toll free numbers, which include 800, 888, 877, & 866 prefixes, have grown to over 22 million and at a rate exceeding 320,000 new issues per month.
The Internet 800 Directory provides free listings and searches by company name, business category, toll free number and by state. Businesses can electronically submit their listing information via the Web site or by dialing a toll-free number. Additional access links on the site allow customers to send comments, look at terms and conditions, add enhanced listings and view listings of advertisers. The URLs, http://the800directory.com and http://gotollfree.com have been also been recently added for easier name recognition. A new Spanish version is available on the site or at http://800Espanol.com.
Excite, Alta Vista, Lycos, WorldPages, WhoWhere, Volt's National Toll Free and Internet Directory, Acxiom, Whitepages.com, Acxiom, Net2Phone, 555-1212.com, HeyAnita.com, and over 7,000 other links also feature the Internet 800 Directory.
ABOUT QWEST DEX
Qwest Dex is the print and online directory publishing and online advertising arm of Qwest, Inc., (NYSE: Q). The company's qwestdex.com site (http://qwestdex.com) has the most monthly visits and the highest percentage of visitors who contact a merchant and make a purchase after finding a business on an online directory. The site features the most accurate Yellow and White Pages listings of any online directory in Qwest Dex's 14-state service area.
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