National A-1 owns $1B worth of toll free numbers??! Compared to “MAFIA” by insiders

[mike031]

We are about to learn lots more about “toll free number squatting” as recent FBI and IRS raids are more than just about escorts, porn sites and domains…

“National A-1 owns six “responsible organizations,” or “resporgs,” which are allowed to purchase toll-free numbers. The six resporgs combined control 1.9 million of the 7.8 million toll-free numbers that are available. They are “playing monopoly with vanity numbers, and they make money along the way,”. The resporgs – all six are referred to as “PrimeTel” even though they have separate official names – buy but don’t sell, and are sitting on about $1 billion worth of phone numbers, Quimby added.”


http://www.domainstryker.com/national-a1-advertising-toll-free-numbers/

[DomainsInc]

I'd like to hear the national a-1 story sometime. Who started it all, when and how. They seem pretty interesting. They were also 'raided' by the FBI this week and shut down some of their porn sites.

[katherine]

There are many analogies between domaining and the toll-free business.

[tekz999]

unique way of investment.

[dmyre]

I'd like to hear the national a-1 story sometime. Who started it all, when and how. They seem pretty interesting. They were also 'raided' by the FBI this week and shut down some of their porn sites.

I'd like to learn more about them too. I know that they used to advertise all over the place wanting to buy premium domains.
It makes sense with the type of money they were making: http://www.catnip.com

[Mark Talbot]

Ya,.. they own a number I want and wish for,... but they dont sell.

Oh well, my money looks elsewhere.

[PokerPie]

What is in it for them owning so many numbers if they don't sell?

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ah-ok they get typo traffic and re-direct it to porn lines.

This thread is 3rd in Google for 'national a-1' - not much info out there about this company.