Working With Reputable Toll Free Providers is Key

Posted on November 26, 2009 by smsgov

Experts in the telecommunications industry have regularly advised that anyone looking to secure a toll free number should find a reputable provider with flexible policies, access to good numbers, and an educated staff. When looking for an existing, available, toll free number–or if interested in learning how to obtain new numbers once they are released–this [...]

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New Numbers Could Stall Embargo

Posted on November 26, 2009 by smsgov

It is a relief to hear the buzz that new toll free phone numbers will likely be released within a year or two. Telecommunications industry sources say this new supply of numbers could thwart an embargo on new toll free phone service in the United States. Facing a severe shortage of available 800-numbers coupled with [...]

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Toll Free Numbers Face Possible Embargo in the U.S.A.

Posted on November 26, 2009 by smsgov

Telecommunications industry sources now say an unthinkable embargo on new toll free phone service in the United States is a real possibility within the next year. Facing a severe shortage of available 800-numbers, a skyrocketing demand for toll free service and an emerging black market for 800 numbers, insiders say officials feel they are left [...]

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Triggerfish: Concerning or Useful Tool?

Posted on November 26, 2009 by smsgov

The Justice Department’s electronic surveillance manual explicitly suggests that triggerfish may be used to avoid restrictions in statutes like CALEA that bar the use of pen register or trap-and-trace devices—which allow tracking of incoming and outgoing calls from a phone subject to much less stringent evidentiary standards—to gather location data. “By its very terms,” according [...]

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