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Re:France seizes france.com from man who's had it since 1994 by jsjohnst on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:14AM (#16957876)
In this day and age, most folks have free long distance whether they have a cell phone or not. One misconception is that calling a 800 prefix is completely cost free, on a cellular phone, you still get charged for roaming / air time in most cases.
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Re:France seizes france.com from man who's had it since 1994 by walrus01 on Monday April 30, 2018 @02:08PM (#16960848)
an 800 number is also partially about having a large corporate identity, for example if go to the website for $HUGE_AIRLINE and its main customer service/reservations phone number is 1-416-something-something vs 1-800-something-something, it looks less serious.
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Re:France seizes france.com from man who's had it since 1994 by jsjohnst on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @08:13AM (#16966330)
I used to work for MCI back in the day and our small business teams used that very tactic to sell TF numbers.
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