Toll Free 855 Numbers?

Someone asked recently about a new toll free area code. We already have 800, 888, 877 and 866 numbers. (See Toll Free History) http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/guide/brief-history-of-toll-free-numbers.html The next area code set aside for toll free use is 855. However 855 numbers definitely aren’t coming out any time soon.

Rumor has it that a new toll free area code will be released sometime this year, is that true? If so, do you know when? If you don’t know when, do you think the media will give any advance notice?

Unfortunately this is purely wishful thinking. You can review the FCC site http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/cpd/toll_free/ plus the SMS took back the 855 test numbers that were assigned years ago when the 855 numbers were originally scheduled but were subsequently left on hold for several years.

On 6/2/08 there were 24,143,615 working numbers and 6,755,262 spare numbers. One year ago on 6/4/07 there were 23,295,019 working numbers and 7,621,698 spare numbers. That means we certainly have a couple years of toll free numbers left at least. The bottom line is that there isn’t enough growth in the total number of toll free numbers in use to justify the need for 855 numbers. It’ll take several months to get ready and ramp up to a release that big. So it’s not going to happen anytime soon.

Someone recently put up a webpage at 855numbers.com that doesn’t say anything but may be the cause for some rumors because it hints that they may be getting ready to open it which they’re not.

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