NASCing Your Numbers

A NASC (pronounced nask) is more than just an administrative group in telecom, it’s also a threat. NASCing is the act of using the Number Administration and Service Center to forcibly extract a toll-free number from a carrier. If you’re in the process of moving all your toll-free numbers to a new carrier, and are met with resistance from your old carrier, you can eliminate the childish bickering and rejections and just NASC your numbers. The luxury of NASCing costs about $40 per toll-free number.

 Tip  After having your toll-free number migration rejected numerous times for silly reasons, call your new carrier and say, “I am tired of this game of patty-cake! Just NASC the numbers and be done with it.” As long as your old carrier doesn’t want to NASC the numbers back and begin a game of tug of war, NASCing is your quickest solution to toll-free migration problems.