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  2. Toll-free telephone numbers in the North American Numbering ...

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    The SMS/800 database and RespOrg structure are used in the U.S. and Canada. A few specific exchanges remain reserved or are assigned to specific North American Numbering Plan countries which do not draw numbers from the SMS/800 pool: Some 800-NXX prefixes are reserved for the following areas: 800-389 for the Bahamas; 800-534 for Barbados

  3. RespOrg - Wikipedia

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    A "data base communication call processing method" [2] patented by Roy P. Weber of Bell Labs, and implemented by AT&T in 1982, broke the link between individual telephone numbers and a specific trunk, city, or carrier. A toll-free number was merely an index into a large, distributed database; any number could be reassigned geographically ...

  4. List of North American Numbering Plan area codes - Wikipedia

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    Codes 880 through 882 were used (until 1 April 2004) to allow international customers to access toll-free numbers they otherwise could not by paying the international portion of the toll. 880 was paired with 800, 881 with 888, and 882 with 877. [21] 888: toll-free telephone service: March 1, 1996: created; 889: not in use; available for toll ...

  5. Telephone numbering plan - Wikipedia

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    This means that to call another number within the same city or area, callers need to dial only a subset of the full telephone number. For example, in the NANP, only the seven-digit number may need to be dialed, but for calls outside the local numbering plan area, the full number including the area code is required.

  6. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    877 numbers are toll-free numbers often used by businesses and organizations. They are generally considered reputable and legitimate. Caitlyn Moorhead and Cynthia Measom contributed to the ...

  7. How to Do a Free Reverse Phone Lookup & the 8 Best ... - AOL

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    The site enables you to find more than just reverse lookup names; you can search for addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. BestPeopleFinder gets all its data from official public, state ...

  8. Toll-free number portability - Wikipedia

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    The system was redesigned in 1981 to use a database, the SMS/800 service management system, which could direct any toll-free number to any destination based on various conditions; number prefixes remained tied to specific carriers until a RespOrg (responsible organization) structure was introduced in 1993 (US) and 1994 (Canada) to allow ...

  9. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.