The FCC Wireline Bureau ordered an allocation method...
The FCC Wireline Bureau ordered an allocation method for the 844 toll-free area code Wednesday. The overseeing entity can provide only up to 100 numbers from the new code each day for its first 30 days. The code is expected…
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to open Dec. 7. “In so doing, we temporarily waive the Commission’s rule that toll free numbers must be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to the extent necessary to accommodate this direction,” the order said (http://bit.ly/1c1tQXU). This method is expected to distribute the numbers “more equitably and efficiently” than the alternatives, the order said, citing concerns that larger so-called “responsible organizations” could scoop up vanity numbers if the codes are not allocated as the order lays out.