DNCSolution · TCPA
What do reassigned numbers and TCPA fines have in common? They are both going up. Reassigned numbers are the most overlooked TCPA risk, and AI agents that dial at scale reach them faster than any rep.
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Overview
In November 2021, the Reassigned Numbers Database, commissioned by the FCC, became available for production use. Callers and Caller Agents query it to learn whether a phone number has been permanently disconnected since the date of consent.
There has long been a good source of disconnected landlines, but not of wireless or VOIP numbers. As landline use falls and mobile use climbs, that gap became a real problem for anyone calling legally. The RND now tracks landlines, wireless, and VOIP.
Companies that don't check numbers against the RND are at risk of violating the TCPA. The FCC allows a safe harbor for companies that check a number, receive a response that it is callable, and an error is made.
How it works
The RND isn't a list you download. You query it with two pieces of information: the telephone number and a date, either the date you received consent or the date you were last reasonably sure the number belonged to the person you're trying to reach.
State law
As of July 16, 2024, Maine is the first state to require use of the RND. It is now a violation to fail to use the RND to verify that a number has not been reassigned before a sales call, on top of the existing rule against calling numbers on a state or national DNC registry for at least three months.
A telephone solicitor is not liable if they can show routine business practices for DNC and RND, including:
As other states set their own requirements, your exposure grows at both the federal and state levels, and your processes have to evolve with them.
Comply with confidence
DNCSolution provides fully integrated access to the RND as an optional, value-added service, and PossibleNOW acts as a Caller Agent on your behalf. Combined with DNCSolution, it keeps you compliant with federal rules for calling landline, wireless, and VOIP numbers.
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