Your toll free numbers belong to you

“Number Portability”, which also applies to 800 service, means that your toll free numbers are not the property of any particular carrier. You own the numbers and you have the right to make all decisions that control the handling of your toll free traffic. For example, you can switch service from your current carrier to any toll free carrier or even select multiple carriers. Using a robust set of control criteria, it is possible to implement a variety of beneficial options like: Least Cost Routing, Time of Day based routing and Disaster Recovery strategies using alternative routes and the redundancy offered by multiple carriers, to name but a few. Most importantly, you still keep YOUR toll free numbers. Sound interesting? So, how do I make this work? Read on…