Someone has the same number as me on Google 411

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‎01-16-2025 07:49 PM - last edited on ‎01-17-2025 08:02 AM by

How is it possible that another person has the same number as me? I looked it up on Google 411 and his name and address wit

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‎01-17-2025 04:38 AM - edited ‎01-17-2025 06:16 AM

Good Day & Welcome to the Bell Community Forum.

Google-411 is not the end all & be all. It was a telephone service launched by Google in 2007, that provided a speech recognition-based business directory search that could also place a call. Google originally implemented GOOG-411 to build a large database from users' voice queries to improve their speech recognition engine.

All phone numbers are recycled. After 90 days of inactivity, they can be put back into the system to be reused. This timeline may vary depending upon the availability of unassigned numbers. There is very little that any telecom company can do to avoid this from occurring.

Thank you for posting your question.

Take care.

I am a Community All-Star and customer. I'm here to help by sharing my knowledge and experience. My views on Bell and the Community Forum are my own and not the views of Bell or any of its affiliates.

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WelshTerrier
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‎01-17-2025 04:38 AM - edited ‎01-17-2025 06:16 AM

Good Day & Welcome to the Bell Community Forum.

Google-411 is not the end all & be all. It was a telephone service launched by Google in 2007, that provided a speech recognition-based business directory search that could also place a call. Google originally implemented GOOG-411 to build a large database from users' voice queries to improve their speech recognition engine.

All phone numbers are recycled. After 90 days of inactivity, they can be put back into the system to be reused. This timeline may vary depending upon the availability of unassigned numbers. There is very little that any telecom company can do to avoid this from occurring.

Thank you for posting your question.

Take care.

I am a Community All-Star and customer. I'm here to help by sharing my knowledge and experience. My views on Bell and the Community Forum are my own and not the views of Bell or any of its affiliates.