As of March 1, the 800 number industry rolled out new, toll-free 888 numbers. What does this mean to you? Whether you’re a customer who calls toll-free 800…
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As last available toll-free 800 numbers are snatched up, the …
Posted on March 20, 1996 by smsgov
The good news and the bad news about more toll-free numbers
Posted on September 25, 1995 by smsgov
It’s been clear for quite some time that we’re rapidly running out of toll-free 800 numbers. Indeed, if number portability hadn’t been deployed in 1993, the 800-number well would already be dry.
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A new threat to your toll-free number.
Posted on June 17, 1995 by smsgov
Toll-free-number users in the U.S. face a double threat: loss of their proprietary numbers both at home and abroad.
The international movement to do away with existing toll-free numbers may spread in altered form to the U.S. in ’96 when a new system of domestic numbers starting with the prefix 888 is introduced.
Despite assurances to customers that they won’t lose their numbers in either case, the telecommunications carriers maintain that “the user has no proprietary right to an 800-number,” says the International Communications Association.
Thus, a firm with a number such as …
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SPENDING IT; Missed the Bus? Personal ‘800’ Numbers to the Rescue
Posted on January 24, 1995 by smsgov
SPENDING IT; Missed the Bus? Personal ‘800’ Numbers to the Rescue
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Toll-Free Numbers Ring Up Big Sales for Small Companies
Posted on April 12, 1994 by smsgov
Small-business owners can now take advantage of the hefty long-distance discounts once available only to major corporations. Since AT&T introduced toll-free long-distance service in 1967, the use of 800 numbers has exploded. In 1967, 7 billion calls were logged to more than 250,000 numbers. And these figures don’t include all the competing companies offering 800 numbers service.
Every day, AT&T’s 800 directory assistance number-(800) 555-1212-handles 400,000 requests, AT&T spokesman Jim Sullivan said.
AT&T spokesman Gary Morgenstern said the company has marketing agreements to sell service to 21 aggregators. AT&T also offers group discounts directly to customers who qualify. “Our biggest competitors today are AT&T resellers,” said Morgenstern, adding that FCC regulations permit AT&T services to be resold by others.
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Advertising; Answering The ‘Calls To Action’
Posted on March 7, 1994 by smsgov
CHARLES RUPPMAN hates those advertisements with big, splashy graphics and eye-catching photographs. What he likes are ”800” WATS-line numbers and coupons. ”Every advertisement directed at consumers should carry a call to action,” he said. Mr. Ruppman answers two million such calls each year. At the age of 42, he …
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Activists ring up success with 800 numbers
Posted on October 8, 1993 by smsgov
Backers of term limits for Texas officials were frustrated recently when their bill was mired in a hostile legislative subcommittee. Then they turned up the political heat – by burning up the phone lines.
The 1-800 number phone lines. The activists bought radio advertisements in the home districts of the subcommittee’s three members and invited the public to call a toll-free number to express support for term limits. Within days, hundreds of phone calls and letters persuaded the
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Who can benefit from a personal 800 number? Truck drivers, families of college students
Posted on September 11, 1993 by smsgov
Who can benefit from a personal 800 number? Truck drivers, families of college students
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It’s the consumer’s call in a 1-800 world
Posted on May 19, 1993 by smsgov
As the man brushed his teeth, he began idly to examine the back of the toothpaste tube. The American Dental Association seal was there, also a reference to sodium fluoride, and the not-exactly-earthshaking advice, “For best results, squeeze from the bottom and flatten it as you go up. ” No surprises there. Then as he got to his lower molars, he saw this: “Questions? Comments? Please call toll-free 1-800-468-6502.”
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AN 800 NUMBER OF YOUR OWN
Posted on January 4, 1993 by smsgov
BETSY MESTER isn’t trying to impress anybody. No Lexus, no cellular phone in her pocket.
OK, so she has her own 800 telephone line. “I never thought about the status,” she says. “It’s just really convenient. I guess I’ll have to start throwing it around for my friends.”
Ms. Mester, a supervisor in data administration at Electronic Data Systems in Dallas, has tapped into a new twist in the battle for your
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