2006-11-12 12:33:34 · 4 answers · asked by Nuts 4 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Land Phones
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These are the people that assign number for everyone, why they decided to use those numbers as a toll free number. No ideal, but it came from them.
2006-11-12 16:27:57 · answer #1 · answered by striderknight2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It used to be all toll free numbers began with 800. When AT&T, back in the day they were the only telecommunications company out there, started offering telephone service they gave every area of service an area code. All these codes could start or end with any number but the middle number was always 0 or 1. Starting in 1960, for whatever reason, they made 800 the toll free designation and that was that. Now of course there are too many toll free numbers and they had to change the 1 or 0 rule too because of too many phone numbers in general so now toll free numbers still start with 8 but can be 800, 888, 877, 866, 855, 844, 833, & 822. The last 4 are not yet in use but are resevered for toll free calls.
2006-11-12 20:42:18 · answer #2 · answered by sir_real4127 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They do. 888, 877, 866.
2006-11-12 20:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by TheSlayor 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think they also use 877
2006-11-12 20:41:04 · answer #4 · answered by banjuja58 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋