Bell Canada recently announced it is increasing its rates for toll free service. This is an important reminder that subscribers should carefully shop around before signing on for toll free service.Read more about this increase here.
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If you thought dealing with the state Department of Motor Vehicles was unpleasant before, now the agency has made it even most costly for you, eliminating the convenient statewide 1-800 telephone numbers used for contacting DMV call centers. Get more details here.
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On March 5, volunteer attorneys in North Carolina will use toll free phone numbers to provide free legal information from six call-in centers across the state. The statewide service project is linked to the NCBA’s 4ALL campaign to provide legal aid to the poor. Residents of all 100 North Carolina counties are encouraged to participate through a network of seven toll-free phone numbers. It seems that every month new ways to help connect to the needy and disadvantaged are found through toll free phone service.
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Oklahoma could be the first state to offer toll free calling within its entire borders. The plan is an obvious benefit to those who make a lot of these type calls. The plan is being hot;y debated but regulators who support the idea say the plan would help encourage telecommunications investment, primarily within the state’s rural areas. This is an interesting development and one we ill continue to monitor.
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California State Senator Leland Yee introduced a bill today that would stop doorstep delivery of white-pages telephone directories in California unless a customer opts to receive it. Under the proposal, telephone companies would have to get a customer’s consent before a white page directory could be delivered. The bill doesn’t specify how, but Yee envisions a toll-free number for customers to call. Cleveland and Miami have adopted similar local laws. Telephone books reportedly represent 660,000 tons of waste per year. An Environmental Protection Agency report states that not publishing phone books reduces greenhouse gases by about three times as much as recycling.
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As a new month begins in 2010, we are still discussing the possibility of the FCC releasing new toll free area codes as a means of bolstering the dwindling stock of available toll free phone numbers. The buzz in the industry is that these new numbers—most likely the 855 numbers–will be released within the next year or so. But when? That is anybody’s guess. Here at SMS we keep a close watch on all the changes in the telecommunications industry and we are paying special attention to the potential new stock of toll free phone numbers. You’ll read the news here first.
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When an 800 number is disconnected, it eventually becomes available on the 800 Service Management System, (SMS/800) database. These retired numbers are in great demand and the competition to secure released numbers is fierce. Get more on this system here.
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With the supply of available 800 numbers dwindling and no immediate plans by the FCC to launch additional numbers, experts advise that business owners and others interested in securing an 800 number should invest today. What do you think of this? Tell us by clicking here.
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Never before has technology been such a big factor during a disaster as it has been the past week. Information in and out of Haiti, and on-going relief efforts for the victims, have been largely organized through toll free phone service, twitter, text messages, phone-based images and so on. This is a new era in telecommunications and technology. The entire world is in touch with what is happening every minute in Haiti and learning how to help without having to only rely on news organizations.
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Communications over fiber optic systems are more difficult to tap and monitor. With fiber optic technology, picking up on transmissions can be more difficult.
Read how difficult this can be, here.
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