
Getting freaky on the phone, circa 1915.
When it comes to toll-free numbers, PrimeTel Communications is cornering the market. This relatively young company has cornered the market on toll-free phone numbers, and they’re redirecting those numbers to a pornographic partner in crime. PrimeTel Communications is a corporate sibling of National A-1 Advertising, a phone sex company. The two companies have the same ownership, operators, and business facilities. Basically, National A-1 Advertising owns 25 percent of 800 numbers and redirects 99 percent of them to phone sex lines. PrimeTel, founded in 1995, is one of about 400 companies registered as toll-free service providers, and has bested huge companies like Verizon at their own game.
“They started by getting numbers for phone sex, then getting good numbers in general, then they started taking all phone numbers,” said Bill Quimby, who owns TollFreeNumbers.com, which helps companies find easy-to-remember 800 numbers.
Not only does PrimeTel Communications own 25 percent of all 1-800 numbers, they’ve also snapped up significant numbers of the 888 and 866 area codes, which are ALSO used for toll free phone numbers. Basically, when a significant 800 number drops from service, PrimeTel snaps it up akin to one of those web companies that hordes dot com addresses. When you mis-dial an 800 number, you get something you’re not looking for. Ask Chad Ochocinco about how embarrassing a faulty 800 number can be.
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