1-800-FREE411 Introduces Flu News, Health Tips and Local H1N1 Vaccine Info for Callers

BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The nation’s leading provider of free directory assistance, 1-800-FREE411, announced today that they have added H1N1 news, tips and select local vaccine locations in the country’s major cities and towns to their already comprehensive menu of free information for consumers.

Those looking for an easy and free way to find flu information can dial 1-800-FREE411 (1-800-373-3411) and choose “Flu Hotline” from the main menu. From there, the following information is available:

• H1N1 vaccine locations and local information for major cities and municipalities* (*For a full, updated list of area codes for which we have local information available, go to: http://www.free411.com/flu/).
• Flu News
• Health Tips

“Flu News” and “Health Tips” content has been pulled from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website (www.cdc.gov/H1N1FLU). Vaccine locations and other local information have been gathered from multiple community Web sites and hotlines. The local information is updated regularly and more information is being added as it becomes available.

“At 1-800-FREE411, our mission is to provide free information whenever and wherever we can,” said Scott Kliger, CEO of Jingle Networks, which operates 1-800-FREE411. “We have heard that many community hotlines are overwhelmed by the volume of calls they are receiving, and many consumers are frustrated by the long hold times they are experiencing to obtain H1N1 information. We have the technology and infrastructure to gather and provide this information, so it makes sense for us to make that available to the general public.”

1-800-FREE411 offers callers any business, residential, government or toll-free phone listing for free, saving them up to $2 per call. As part of its new menu offering, callers can make free five-minute phone calls to most locations in the world and get access to more than 30 categories of helpful information for free every time they call, including celebrity gossip, sports scores, movie times, weather and horoscopes.

More information is available at www.free411.com.

About Jingle Networks and 1-800-FREE411

Jingle Networks, operator of the nation’s leading ad-supported directory assistance service 1-800-FREE411, has significantly changed the directory assistance market by giving consumers an anytime, anywhere source of free information on the phone. 1-800-FREE411 is for anyone who owns a phone and needs information but is dissatisfied with the high cost of directory assistance. For more information, visit www.free411.com.