CHAPTER
9: Acquiring a Toll Free Number or Transfer an Existing Toll Free
Service
Today
more then ever a toll free number is a handy feature to have.
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Call
Home For Anyone in the Household That Travels for Business or Pleasure
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Children
in College to Call Home
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Parents
& Other Family Members on a Fixed Income Can Call You
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Emergency
Situations
Family Can Call Home Quickly & Easily!
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Running
a Home Business
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Pointing
a Toll Free Number to Your Cellular Phone Number
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&
More
Unlike
other companies, most of the recommended long distance providers in this book
offer their customers toll free service with most of their plans at
the same rates as their outgoing minutes. This can be a huge savings
compared to AT&T and other providers.
One unique service is a virtual PBX system allowing you and your business to take on the appearance of a large company with low cost toll free service with multiple mail boxes, music on hold and more. Right now you can try this service FREE for a period of 7 days.
TeleCenter 7 Day FREE Trial Period Excellent service for a business with one or more departments. Find-Me-Follow-Me calling allows callers to find you. You can screen incomming calls, i.e. accept call, send to voicemail or disconnect.
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TeleCenter is revolutionizing the way small businesses, home businesses and entrepreneurs run their business.
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TeleCenter gives any business the power to communicate professionally and productively.
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TeleCenter provides all the functionality of a high-end telephone system without the expensive up-front costs and endless management and maintenance headaches.
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AND MORE...
Unitel Communications Group offers toll free service with interstate rates as low as 2.5 cents a minute, six second billing, minimum call of eight-teen seconds.
Covista
Communication even eliminate a monthly fee any month one's toll
free service usage is $1.00 or more. They do charge a one time $2.00
setup fee per toll free number.
PowerNet
Global Communications offers a unique Stand Alone Toll Free
Service that enables you to keep your present long distance
provider. At the same time you can obtain a toll free number through
PowerNet Global Communications to point to an existing telephone number
and in many cases, even a cellular phone number for as low as 3.3 cents
per minute.
Total
Call International offers higher toll free rates than regular outgoing
rates. The toll free interstate rate is 5.9 cents per minute while the
intrastate rates fluctuate depending on one's State. Total Call also
charges $1.00 per month per toll free number.
ECG
offers toll free service for their customers at the same rates as their
out going calls for both residential and commercial accounts.
AcculinQ
Calling Card, (or dial-around) offer the availability of 800 forwarding
in real time with domestic rates as low as 4.9 cents per minute. You
simply log into your account via the web, and forward your personal
toll free to point towards your home, office, cellular, hotel even overseas
hotel and cellular phones! You will incur a $3.00 monthly service fee
with any of the Accu products.
All
the recommended services offer Vanity Toll Free Numbers at no extra
cost. A vanity toll free is simply a toll free number you choose and
if available will be added to your account.
When
selecting to transfer an existing toll free number or choosing a vanity
toll free number, the FCC required form known as a RESPORG form must
be completed. Amazing enough, this is actually a short form which is
required to protect current toll free subscribers from having their
toll free numbers hijacked