Posted on August 5, 2010 by smsgov
Medical questions nationwide can be answered with a new pharmacy toll free hotline. Another new way toll free numbers help businesses and consumers. Members of Rite Aid’s free wellness+ customer rewards program now can reach a pharmacist 24 hours per day. Wellness+ members benefits from the 24/7 toll-free phone access to a pharmacist by calling toll-free 1-800-RITEAID. (Great custom number) They will be asked for their wellness+ card number then connected to a pharmacist.
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Posted on August 5, 2010 by smsgov
As “public resources” that cannot be bought or sold, the FCC deemed the practice of selling specific vanity numbers or numerical sequences illegal. Opponents say this practice hurts the industry because it limits the best use and most practical assignments of specific numbers. Still, the FCC has held fast, cracking down on illegal sales and regulating the assignment of numbers on a first-come, first –served basis from the main database of available numbers maintained by 800 Services Management System (SMS/800).
Read more here.
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Posted on August 3, 2010 by smsgov
August is the busiest travel month of the year. Tens of millions of Americans will vacation this month and most will use at least one toll free phone number to make travel plans. Millions of travelers will use telecommunications and especially toll free telephone numbers to plan their trips. With the economy slowly getting better, travel is reportedly up 40 percent over last year. And toll free service goes with it.
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Posted on August 1, 2010 by smsgov
Day 105 of the gulf Oil Spill and the State of Florida and others are still using toll free phone numbers to connect with residents who spot oil on the beaches or in the waters. If oil is sighted on Florida’s coastline report it to the State Warning Point at 1-877-2-SAVE-FL (1-877-272-8335). Toll free service has proven invaluable during this disaster as a means of keeping communication flowing between the government, landowners, and BP officials.
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Posted on July 29, 2010 by smsgov
Have you heard about the LucyPhone APP? With LucyPhone, you’ll see a comprehensive list of companies with 1-800 numbers; ranging from retails services, utilities, airlines and hotels, etc. If the business is located in the United States or Canada and has toll free telephone number, you’ll likely find it on this list. If it’s not, don’t worry; you can enter in toll-free numbers on your own, too. After choosing the company you need to contact, you’ll enter in your phone number and hit the call button. “Lucy” will call the number and it will ring back to you whenever a service rep answers. LucyPhone only works with toll free phone numbers.
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Posted on July 28, 2010 by smsgov
The U.S. Census Bureau reminded the nation today that on Friday, July 30, it will shut down its toll free telephone assistance line. More than 130,000 interviews have been completed via the toll free line. Friday is the last day for callers who feel they may have been overlooked in the census to complete their 2010 questionnaire quickly over the phone. Call now if you have not been counted! 866-851-2010.
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Posted on July 27, 2010 by smsgov
Hertz Corporation has announced the Gulf Coast Customer Care Center to assist retail customers, businesspeople, and government employees traveling to the Gulf Coast area who need rental cars and equipment for clean-up related activities. The Care Center can be reached by calling toll free at 1-888-932-7259. Trained customer care representatives are available to rent cars and SUVs, as well as a wide range of equipment, and to provide overall assistance to customers traveling to the Gulf Coast.
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Posted on July 26, 2010 by smsgov
Rapid City employees may soon be able to report possible cases of fraud or theft simply be dialing a toll free telephone number. The Rapid City Council is considering implementing an anonymous third-party hot line to help discover misuse of city resources similar to one already in operation in Sioux Falls. This is just another way that governments are utilizing toll free service to help save money and to help their constituents. Over the past decade, we have seen toll free grow in use by small towns, counties, states and the federal government.
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Posted on July 26, 2010 by smsgov
Sales of sought-after toll free numbers on eBay continue even as reports of the FCC looking into improper turnover of these numbers continues. Log on now and you will see listings. A black market for toll free numbers has emerged and attempts to illegally buy and sell choice numbers is increasing. According to regulations enacted by the FCC in 1997, toll free phone numbers cannot be sold or brokered. These rules were approved after the FCC fielded numerous complaints about price gouging for catchy vanity numbers and popular numeric sequences. The FCC reports that anyone caught attempting to sell or broker an 800 number faces significant fines. But that hasn’t stopped brokers from attempting to sell numbers on Internet websites and auction sites such as eBay.
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Posted on July 25, 2010 by smsgov
Toll Free Service Management System News 