Toll Free Could Save Lives This Month

May is national Skin Cancer Awareness month. The American Cancer Society encourages people to be sun safe when they are outside during the upcoming spring and summer months. For more information about how to be sun-safe, call the American Cancer Society toll free at 1-800-227-2345

FCC Regulated Toll Free Ownership

After a recent blog post on regulation, a reader requested an example of how regulators have controlled the improper use of toll free numbers. Here’s one: In 2005, the FCC yanked control of 1-800-RED-CROSS from a private California business owner who was leasing the use of the number to local chapters of the Red Cross. When the charity filed a formal complaint, the FCC determined that the brokering was illegal and handed over control of the number to the non-profit.