Speaking as a guy who uses 411 way too often, this new Free411 sounds killer. It is nice to know that there are decent alternatives out there in place of being bled to death with high 411 rates.

If you’ve ever been driving around, trying futilely to find a specific restaurant but refusing to call directory assistance on your cell phone because it’s too expensive, the folks at Jingle Networks may have a solution.

Their new free 411 service called, appropriately enough, Free411, is, well, just that. It’s designed to give consumers a way to avoid paying the fee wireless carriers charge for 411 access–as much as $3.49.

Unveiled Wednesday at the Demofall conference in Huntington Beach, Calif., Free411, which can be reached by calling 800-free-411, is an interesting utilization of a free service that requires users to bear with a bit of advertising before getting the goodies. [Read the rest]