Football Playoff Fever and Toll Free

Football fever sweeping the nation this playoff season has toll free numbers ringing of their hooks. Online tickets services, airlines, hotels all report busy January days as football fans travel with their teams to playoff destinations. Online tickets sites for championship games and, soon, Super Bowl, tickets are busy with toll free connections.

855 Numbers Secured by Subscribers at Record Rates

The 855 toll free telephone numbers are making quite an impact on small communities across the nation as locally-based businesses, recognizing the value of the 855 numbers, are subscribing for toll free service at unprecedented levels. Just as with the 800, 888, 877 and 866 numbers, the new 855 numbers are becoming a hot commodity in the business world at record rates.

Toll Free Seller: Busted!

Yes, you can get in trouble for trying to sell a toll free number – who knew? One person actually tried to auction off a toll free on the popular website Ebay…
Ouch! Read more in this guy here.

New Toll Free Area Codes

You’ve decided to get a new toll free number for personal or business use and, alas, the number it took you three hours to think of is already being used by someone else – what to do? Luckily, a new toll free area code may soon be the wave of the future – get ready to make that reservation! The (855) is the next scheduled area code to come out and people are lining up to get first choice. Learn how you can be the first in line for your number of choice here.

Vital Business Measures

With the fixed amount of available 800 numbers shrinking fast, subscribers who waited to secure toll free service are now learning why it is so difficult to obtain a number. Get more on this vital part of business here.

Family Ties Up Toll Frees

Small business owners, following the lead of the CEO’s of nearly half the Fortune 500 companies, are securing toll free vanity phone numbers as a strategic marketing tool. Personal use of toll free numbers has skyrocketed as parents secure an 800 number to stay in touch with their teens, college-aged children, and elderly parents. Continue reading here.

Personal Toll Free Use

Personal use of toll free phone service has skyrocketed in the past five years. Adults are now routinely providing elderly parents on a fixed income with an 800 number. Parents are hooking their kids up with toll free service so they can keep in constant communication. And experts say this trend is not a passing fancy. Toll free service for personal use is here to stay. Get more on this story here.

Federal Toll Free Rationing

The stock of available toll free numbers is now so depleted that insiders say government agencies may implement another rationing of the 800, 888, 877, and 866 pre-fixes within months. Rumors of a rationing program have subscribers scrambling to obtain numbers, creating an even more limited supply.

Read more here.

Toll Free Calls To Get Holiday Gifts in Time

By calling a retailer’s 1-800 number today, consumers can still get items shipped by Christmas. Processing via e-mail can take longer. Call the company’s toll free phone number, talk to a representative and ensure that your packages arrive in time.

Rationing Isn’t Just for Food

Facing an extreme dearth of 800 numbers, telecommunications experts are now concerned that a toll free number ration could delay new phone service applications. And in the midst of an economic meltdown, U.S. business owners could not imagine worse news. Read more on this rationing here.