§ 52.107   Hoarding.

   (a) As used in this section, hoarding is the acquisition by a toll free
   subscriber from a Responsible Organization of more toll free numbers than
   the toll free subscriber intends to use for the provision of toll free
   service. The definition of hoarding also includes number brokering, which is
   the selling of a toll free number by a private entity for a fee.

   (1) Toll free subscribers shall not hoard toll free numbers.

   (2) No person or entity shall acquire a toll free number for the purpose of
   selling the toll free number to another entity or to a person for a fee.

   (3) Routing multiple toll free numbers to a single toll free subscriber will
   create a rebuttable presumption that the toll free subscriber is hoarding or
   brokering toll free numbers.

   (b) Tariff Provision. The following provision shall be included in the
   Service Management System tariff and in the local exchange carriers' toll
   free database access tariffs:

   [T]he Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has concluded that hoarding,
   defined as the acquisition of more toll free numbers than one intends to use
   for the provision of toll free service, as well as the sale of a toll free
   number by a private entity for a fee, is contrary to the public interest in
   the conservation of the scarce toll free number resource and contrary to the
   FCC's responsibility to promote the orderly use and allocation of toll free
   numbers.

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