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** 900 INFORMATION LINES
900 Information Lines, also called Audiotex, is a Toll-Call service
industry that conveys information, in audio format, thru your telephone.
The Tolls for the information can range from fifty cents per minute to
fifty dollars per call. There are three basic information formats:
1. INTERACTIVE: The Service user is asked to supply
responses to menu questions from a
recording. Most, but not all,
Interactive lines will work with both
Touch Tone AND Rotary - Dial(Pulse)
telephones.
2. LIVE: The Service User speaks to a Live
person. You may be switched to a
recording after an introduction.
3. RECORDED: Usually a recorded message.
** WHERE TO FIND 900 NUMBERS
There are several publications available to you thru your public library.
The next time you visit your library (or take the kids down for a visit)
ask the Reference Librarian for publications on Audiotex 900 telephone
services. Save some time! Visit the Reference Desk first, before you
browse thru the card catalogue, book shelves, and racks, not all the
900 number reference information publications are on the shelf. The hot
items are stashed at the Reference Desk for ready reference and to
reduce theft.
I have listed several Publication resources on the next few screens for
you that contain 900 Audiotex telephone numbers. Spend a few minutes
just paging thru the publication that seems to apply to your interests.
I am sure you will find some 900 information sources you will want for
your personal ready reference data base in FONE900(tm). The latest
edition of these publications can be purchased thru most major book
stores or directly from the publisher.
NOTE: YOU CAN MAKE A PRINTOUT OF THE RESOURCE LISTING(S) YOU FIND OF
INTEREST JUST BY PRESSING THE Shift KEY AND THE Print-Scrn KEY
AT THE SAME TIME. THE PRINTOUT WILL ASSIST THE LIBRARY OR BOOK
STORE STAFF IN FINDING YOUR REFERENCE CHOICE FASTER.
1.00 DIRECTORY: 900 INFORMATION SERVICES (Book)
THE BEST 900 NUMBERS, W. Brooks McCarty, St. Martin's Paperbacks, The
Philip Lief Group, ISBN 0-312-92496-8, Latest Edition, Approximate Price
of Publication: $3.50 (US).
Super resource for only three dollars and fifty cents. Carefully
evaluated for quality of service this directory lists hundreds of
of 900 services from Sports Hotlines to Cars to Pet Health Care. Each
service has a detailed description, the type of service (Interactive,
Live, Recorded), and the cost of the service.
CONTENTS
Astrology Environment Law Sexuality
Auctions Film & Video Lottery Space Travel
Business Games Magazines Sports
Cars Knowledge Music Hotlines, Games,
Child Care Action News Fishing, Racing,
Citizenship Trivia Numerology Skiing, Wrestling
Comedy Greetings Pen Pals Sports Picks
Contests Health/Medicine Bulletin Boards Stock Market
Crossword Puzzles Horror Pets Tarot, TV, Time
Dating Infotainment Radio Travel
Earthquakes Insults Religion Weather
2.00 DIRECTORY: 900 INFORMATION SERVICES (Article)
THE 900 BOOM, WITH A GUIDE TO THE GOOD NUMBERS, Leonard Wiener,
U. S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, Section: NEWS YOU CAN USE, June 17, 1991,
Volume 110, Number 23, pages 60 thru 63.
Thorough description of the 900 services industry and a listing of
31 services that were tried, evaluated, critiqued, and recommended.
The services include Sports, Investment, and International News. Each
service in the article has a detailed description, an evaluation of the
service, and the cost of the service.
CONTENTS
MONEY & BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT TRAVEL
Stock Market Recordings Airlines
(Current News & Quotes) (Listen Before Buying) (Schedules)
Insurance Live Performances Weather
(Check Company Rating) (Coming Events) (For 600 Cities)
Limited Partnerships Videotapes
(Determine Resale Value) (Locate Hard-To-Find Tapes)
Legal Help Movies
(On-Line Legal Counsel) (Reviews & Critiques)
Getting an Address
(Match Phone to Owner)
2.00 DIRECTORY: 900 INFORMATION SERVICES (Article) Continued
THE 900 BOOM, WITH A GUIDE TO THE GOOD NUMBERS, Leonard Wiener,
U. S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, Section: NEWS YOU CAN USE, June 17, 1991,
Volume 110, Number 23, pages 60 thru 63.
CONTENTS, Continued
SPORTS HEALTH & MEDICINE
Skiing Prescriptions
(Conditions on the Slopes) (Medications Facts)
Scores (AIDS Drugs)
(In-Progress Game Scores) Animals
(Results & Sports News) (Pet Health & Ailments)
Horse Racing
(Finishes & Stretch Calls) CARS
Auto Racing Buy & Sell
(Stock to Indy Races) (Used Car Price Service)
(Drag Racing) (Older Car Price Service)
Cycling
(Finishes & Features) FOREIGN NEWS
Lacrosse Israeli Radio Broadcasts
(Results & Schedules)
Body Building
(Competition Results/Sched.)
3.00 DIRECTORY: 900 INFORMATION SERVICES (Newspaper)
USA TODAY contains several 900 information numbers throughout the paper.
I have listed the Service types and what Section of the paper they are
listed in. Each Service is described in detail in the newspaper.
CONTENTS
INFORMATION CENTER, Section 2C LOTTERY HOT LINE, Sports, Section C
News Daily Results from across the USA
(Weather)
Money STOCK HOT LINE GUIDE, Money, Section B
(Stock Quotes) How to get Stock Quotes
(Personal Portfolio)
(CD Rates) WEATHER HOT LINE, Weather, Section A
(Interest Calculator) How to use the Weather Hot Line
Sports
(Latest Scores)
(Horse Racing Results)
Life
(Horoscopes)
(Soap Opera Summaries)
(Movie Reviews)
4.00 DIRECTORY: 900 INFORMATION SERVICES (Book)
AUDIOTEX DIRECTORY AND BUYER'S GUIDE, Editor, ABDG Publishing,
Los Angeles, California, Latest Edition, Approximate Price of
Publication: $25.00(US).
5.00 DIRECTORY: 900 INFORMATION SERVICES (Brochure/Northern California)
CALIFORNIA/SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 900/976 DIRECTORY, Edited by: Pacific
Bell Information Services, Pacific Bell Transport and Billing Service,
Latest Edition. Apporximate Price of Publication: Free.
6.00 DIRECTORY: 900 INFORMATION SERVICES (Newspaper/San Diego)
The San Diego READER is a local Free newspaper that carries several
popular 900 Information services. If you are outside of the San Diego
area you might investigate to see if a similar publication is
available to you.
CONTENTS
EVENTS, THEATER, MUSIC, & FILM, Section 2 CLASSIFIED ADS, Section 3
Live Psychics Job Hot Line
Spiritual Counseling Dating
Tarot
Astrology
Dating
NOTE: ALL DATA SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
** REGISTRATION FEE
To become a Registered User of the FONE900(tm) computer program send
$35.00 (U. S. DOLLARS), check or Money Order, No COD or Charge Cards to:
Eugene L. Woods, PE/EE
Software for the Information Age
P. O. Box 261267
San Diego, CA 92196 / USA
TELEPHONE (Voice): (619) 549-4057
Notes:
- Price is only $16.00 for REGISTERED USERS of another E.L.Woods product.
- California Residents include appropriate sales tax.
- Outside the Continental USA include first class shipping charges.
- Add $5.00 if you want the User Manual
- PLEASE MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: EUGENE L. WOODS, PE/EE
- Specify: 5 1/4 inch, 360K diskette / PACKED SELF-EXTRACTING
or: 3 1/2 inch, 720K diskette / READY-TO-RUN.
** ADVERTISING SPACE
You can rent ad space in the FONE...(tm) computer program(s) to advertise
your service or business. Several ad styles and configurations are
available. An ad demonstration disk with over 30 different types of ads,
ad styles, and business service/product categories is available on a 5
1/4 inch, 360K, diskette, for the PC and PC compatibles. To order the
FONE AD DEMO DISK send a check for four dollars and ninety-five cents
($4.95) for shipping and handling to:
EUGENE L. WOODS, PE/EE
Software for the Information Age
P. O. Box 261267
San Diego, CA 92196 / USA
TELEPHONE (Voice): (619) 549-4057
Note: DATA is subject to change without notice.
** OTHER SOFTWARE
Their are several additional, easy to use, computer programs available
from EUGENE L. WOODS, PE/EE. All of the programs are professionally
written, tested, and mature in behavior (i.e., debugged, well mannered,
with no surprises). An Evaluation Diskette of each program is available
for only $5.00 per program. Please note that the Evaluation Diskette fee
are not applicable to the Shareware Registration fee. The current
program inventory is listed on the next screen(s). However, updates, and
new programs are always under development. Call (619) 549-4057 for the
latest status on Software for the Information Age from EUGENE L. WOODS,
PE/EE.
FONE: Business. Helps track and reduce interstate long distance business
telephone call costs within the continental USA. Provides approximate
cost of call for any one of several vendors BEFORE the call is placed.
You can monitor Call-Duration and Cost-Of-Call while the call is in
progress. Can run timer and temporarily exit to DOS. F-keys set volume
discounts, etc. The program is very easy to use, features hot menus, an
extensive Help facility, Personal Directory, over 1200 cities in the
national data base, and printed report for each call.
FONE: Residential. Helps track and reduce interstate long distance
residential telephone call costs within the continental USA. Provides
approximate cost of call for any one of several vendors BEFORE the call
is placed. You can monitor Call-Duration and Cost-Of-Call while the call
is in progress. Can run timer and temporarily exit to DOS. F-keys set
volume discounts, etc. The program is very easy to use, features hot
menus, an extensive Help facility, Personal Directory, over 1200 cities
in the national data base, and printed report for each call.
FONE: International. Helps track and reduce International long distance
telephone call costs from the continental USA to over 130 countries.
Provides approximate cost of call for any one of several vendors BEFORE
the call is placed. You can monitor Call-Duration and Cost-Of-Call while
the call is in progress. Can run timer and temporarily exit to DOS. F
keys set volume discounts, etc. The program is very easy to use,
features hot menus, an extensive Help facility, Personal Directory, over
1200 cities in the national data base, and printed report for each call.
FONE800: Toll-Free telephone services resource. A straight forward, user
modifiable database program (Add, Delete, Modify, etc.) for storing,
tracking, and placing Toll-Free calls. The program comes with a sample
database of over 200 Toll-Free Information Lines, and Hot-Lines,
including: Consumer Complaint(Auto, Appliances, etc.), Health
Information, Travel Information, Discount Sources, (Clothing, Food,
Appliances, etc., etc.), and Services for Senior Citizens, to name just a
few. The program is very easy to use, features hot menus, an extensive
Help facility, 800 Toll-free Information Resource facility, and a report
printout capability for each entry. Call notes/memos can be recorded by
the user. Each memo is dated and time stamped automaticly. Printed
reports of memos are readily available.
FONE809: Helps track and reduce long distance telephone call costs from
the West Indies (US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, etc.) to the continental
USA. Provides approximate cost of call BEFORE the call is placed. You can
monitor Call-Duration and Cost-Of-Call while the call is in progress.
Can run timer and temporarily exit to DOS. F-keys set volume discounts,
etc. The program is very easy to use, features hot menus, an extensive
Help facility, Personal Directory, over 1200 cities in the national data
base, and printed report for each call.
FONE900: 900 Information telephone services. A straight forward, user
modifiable database program (Add, Delete, Modify, etc.) for pricing,
storing, tracking, and placing Audiotex calls. Provides approximate cost of
call BEFORE the call is placed. User can monitor Call-Duration and Cost-Of-
Call while the call is in progress. User can run call timer and temporarily
exit to DOS. F-keys set volume discounts, etc. The program comes with
examples for the database. The program is very easy to use, features hot
menus, an extensive Help facility, 900 Audiotex Information Resource
and a printout capability for each entry. Call notes/memos can be recorded
by the user. Each memo is dated and time stamped automaticly. Printed
reports of memos are readily available.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
EUGENE L. WOODS, PE/EE
Software for the Information Age
P. O. Box 261267
San Diego, CA 92196 / USA
TELEPHONE (Voice): (619) 549-4057
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