NEWS FROM SMS800 Please be advised, that Database Service Management, Inc. (DSMI), as the designated Toll Free Number Administrator, received notification from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandating that the previously scheduled 855 Toll Free code opening date of Friday, October 1, 2010, at 12:00 PM ET, is to be changed to a new date [...]
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The popularity of the 1-800 number, launched in 1967, led the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to add the new pre-fixes 888 and 877 in the mid-1990s. When availability of those numbers plummeted, 866 was added in 2000 to overcome the shortage. SMS/800, started in the mid-1980s, manages all these numbers. While popularity soars, availability of [...]
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Telecommunications insiders continue to recommend that anyone wishing to obtain a toll free number research them immediately. With a limited number of numerical possibilities, the finite supply of toll free numbers is nearly expended.There are no immediate plans to add another toll free pre-fix. These recommendations to obtain a toll free number immediately are widespread. [...]
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