Can you 'snipe' a toll-free number?
November 26, 2006 9:40 AM Subscribe
I have a client who wants to acquire a specific toll-free number which is "about to become free". Yeah, yeah, there's
My boss didn't tell me why they want the specific number, or how they know "it's about to become free". But it is a *just* sufficiently interesting looking number that I can imaging losing it is an issue. So: are there any INWATS carriers or services that will, presumably for a fee, watch the resporg database (it's currently resporged to "Next Line Communications", whomever they are), and when it becomes free, 'snipe' it?
I'd prefer a service that just charges the fee, grabs the number, and then would reassign it to the carrier of their choice, but if the only people doing this are themselves carriers, and will only do it for prospective clients, then I guess we'll live with that.
Any ideas?
My boss didn't tell me why they want the specific number, or how they know "it's about to become free". But it is a *just* sufficiently interesting looking number that I can imaging losing it is an issue. So: are there any INWATS carriers or services that will, presumably for a fee, watch the resporg database (it's currently resporged to "Next Line Communications", whomever they are), and when it becomes free, 'snipe' it?
I'd prefer a service that just charges the fee, grabs the number, and then would reassign it to the carrier of their choice, but if the only people doing this are themselves carriers, and will only do it for prospective clients, then I guess we'll live with that.
Any ideas?
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you may be able to get it through the current resp org and then cancel contracts and switch to a different one, but that depends on other factors. but it is do-able, at least within SMS800.
so no, you can't really snipe an 800 number, but you can increase your chance of getting it.
i will say that demand has gone WAY down in the past 5 years or so, so it may not be nearly as hard to get as you think.
good luck.
posted by annoyance at 7:34 AM on November 27, 2006