With readership of this blog growing every day, we want to take this opportunity to remind you all of the proper and legal distribution of toll free numbers. A toll free number must be obtained on a first-come-first-served basis from an approved provider. According to regulations enacted by the Federal Communications Commission, toll free phone numbers cannot be sold or brokered. These rules were approved after the FCC fielded complaints about price gouging for catchy vanity numbers and popular numeric sequences.
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Widespread concerns about the dwindling supply of toll free numbers may not be addressed anytime soon. According to sources at the 800 Service Management System (SMS/800) the reserved 855 pre-fix, intended to restore stocks of toll free numbers, may not be released by the Federal Communications Commission for several years. In fact, industry insiders say the release of 855 may be put off until 2011.
Read more here.
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The Call-Capture feature, available from some toll free carriers, is an indispensable marketing tool that can be used in a variety of ways. Using Real-Time Automatic Number Identification (ANI) every single call to a 1-800 number can be identified. ANI provides a business owner with the caller’s ten-digit phone number, even if the call came from a blocked number. With this tracking feature these blocked calls can be unblocked and made available to the subscriber. With every call to a toll free number accounted for, the subscriber can develop very specific marketing plans.
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Widespread concerns about the dwindling supply of toll free numbers may not be addressed anytime soon. According to sources at the 800 Service Management System (SMS/800) the reserved 855 pre-fix, intended to restore stocks of toll free numbers, may not be released by the Federal Communications Commission for several years. In fact, industry insiders say the release of 855 may be put off until 2011.
Read more here.
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Experts warn that the U.S. supply of available 1-800 numbers, dwindling for years, is now nearly depleted.
Toll free numbers enable callers to reach businesses, organizations, and non-profits without having to pay for the call. This marketing tool has been so successful that the available 1-800, 888, 877, and 866 numbers are decreasing while demand is growing at unprecedented rates.
Read more here.
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We have been hearing about a recent trend in holiday gift-giving this year. A few toll free phone service providers have reported back to us that some people have purchased toll free numbers for a friend or family member as a holiday gift. The gift of a toll free numbers helps a struggling business person and is a gift that lasts the entire year long.
In one instance the mother of seven grown children, scattered throughout the U.S. (and four of whom have lost their jobs in the past year) will be given a toll free number for the holidays by her husband so that her children can call her as often as they want without fear of costly phone bills. Hearing her children’s voices means much more to her than an impersonal e-mail. Toll free keeps finding new ways to make a difference in people’s lives!
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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 with no choice but to impose an embargo.
Read more here.
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Recently we have noticed far more publicity and media coverage about the benefits of toll free phone services. Magazines, newspapers, blogs and even TV news profiles on the advantages of 1-800 numbers have become commonplace. With all that news coverage, all four toll free area code numbers are are now widely recognized. This is good for the industry and for independent businesses and companies looking for enhanced marketing strategies. Every consumer who recognizes a toll free number as a free phone call is a potential new customer.
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Toll Free Service Management System News 