Can the 855 release be Delayed?
UPDATE 9/30/10: We are now at less than 48 hours from the scheduled 855 Opening, but the FCC has never responded about the 855 Allocation which they opened up for comments. There was a lot of discussion and they simply haven’t responded or said anything. It’s not an easy decision, but hopefully we’ll see something from them soon.
The DSMI which runs the SMS/800 submitted a short letter yesterday showing the number of resporgs and the volume of numbers left should last until Summer 2011. This certainly hints that the FCC may be both willing to delay the 855 Opening and may be considering the Speed Limit suggestion we made. Otherwise why would they be asking how many resporgs there are? That’s just conjecture, but I submitted another short comment showing that although there are 425 resporgs, there are only 344 unique resporg administrators.
Anyway, we are getting all prepared for the launch and at the same time watching to see in case it’s delayed. So stay tuned!
Originally posted 9/2/10:
The 855 release currently scheduled for Saturday October 2nd, is just 1 month away, but could the FCC delay the release? I realize the FCC comments request stated that they didn’t want to change the 855 release date. But if there’s a need to, I thought it was worth pointing out, that there would be very little harm in delaying it. The date of October 1st, (later changed to October 2nd) was selected based on faulty information.
At the time the FCC scheduled the 855 opening (for the first day after the SMS said they would be ready by), the SMS was estimating that we would run out of toll free numbers all together before the end of the year. The projected exhaust date varies but has typically been sometime in the middle of next year. So delaying the 855 release if it was necessary, or beneficial for any reason, would be possible.
The other way to look at it is, that when they say they don’t want to avoid delaying it, that means they are considering the need to delay it. Just like when a politician or even the President says, “Let me be perfectly clear…”, that means he’s about to say something very unclear or something that contradicts what he or other people have said. This doesn’t mean the 855 numbers will be delayed, but there is at least some possibility. And honestly I don’t think that would hurt anything either if they did delay.
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Bill Quimby (678 comments.) says:
September 7, 2010 at 11:13 am
FYI:
Here’s the current 800 numbers statistics from the SMS/800 as of Saturday night.
If usage continues at the same level as the average growth rate for the last six (6) weeks, the estimated exhaust date for the current Toll Free number pool is as follows:
I just figured this was relevant to this discussion.
Bill Quimby
Bill Quimby (678 comments.) says:
September 30, 2010 at 11:54 am
It’s just two days now on Thursday 9/30 now, but I still believe there’s at least a 50% chance that the 855 Opening will be delayed. They wouldn’t announce it today, but they might on Friday. We’re ready but we’re still waiting!
Bill Quimby