Tony Furnivall, after me, after Glenn Cole...

> At 03:01 PM 10/9/98 -0400, Joe Geiser wrote:
> >Glenn Cole asks,
> >
> >> When did they add '877' to the list of toll-free "area codes"??
> >
> >After "888" started getting used up.  877 is being used now,
> then will come
> >866, then 855, 844, 833, 822, and I guess 811.
>
> Y'know, I've been wondering about this. The reason given is the
> proliferation of  toll-free numbers. And yet every toll-free
> number ends up
> at a telephone that has a perfectly valid 'real' number.

Actually, the reason was that some Regional Bell Company, located in the
southern midwestern area of the US, published a Yellow Pages Directory for a
city in a very large state down there, and published my toll-free number for
this company.

I basically had a choice, give it up and get a new one, get a redirect, or
get a new number and a redirect.

So, if one calls (800) 498-4802 (which is the old number), they will still
be able to get through, they will just have to "Press 1" for CSILLC.  I had
the chance to have an "877" number which matched my local number... makes
things a lot easier that way.

Needless to say, I didn't pay for the switch, got a better number, and that
regional Bell company in that big state down south paid for the whole thing.

There, now off to the airport with me...

Best Regards,
Joe

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