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November 02, 2003

+87810 is now a reality!

87810 is now part of e164.arpa. This is a significant step forward in the interconnection of the world of IP and the traditional communications networks.

Carl Ford shares his insights on a business opportunity, which he sees is immediately available: "Toll-Free" dialing using the Internet.

Posted by jeff on November 2, 2003 08:16 AM | Permalink

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Comments

Phoneboy,

Every FWD number is mapped into our experimental +87810 dialing plan. Internal to FWD we also host our own experimental ENUM database.

This means that in theory your FWD number is already reachable via +87810 - all we need to do is expose the entire dialing plan.

While I know you can dial +87810 from POTS in Austraia, I'm not sure which additional countries are also available at the moment. I do expect many more countries to support +87810 in 2004/2005.

Posted by: Jeff Pulver at November 3, 2003 08:39 AM

Is it currently possible for an FWD member to get a +87810 number? Is Austria still the only place where you can actually dial +87810 from POTS?

-- PhoneBoy

Posted by: PhoneBoy at November 3, 2003 01:10 AM