Federal Communications Commission DA 07-5003
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Toll Free Service Access Codes
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CC Docket No. 95-155
ORDER
Adopted:  December 20, 2007 Released:  December 20, 2007
By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. On January 22, 2007, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) assigned three toll-free 
numbers to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)1 for a period of 
one year.2  Those numbers had previously been used by the Kristin Brooks Hope Center (KBHC), a 
private non-profit organization.  KBHC filed an application for review of that Order on February 21, 
2007.3  In this Order, pursuant to the Commission’s exclusive jurisdiction over numbering resources4 and 
its obligation to protect public safety,5 we extend by 90 days the temporary reassignment of three toll-free 
numbers.6  
2. The Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), grants the Commission exclusive 
jurisdiction over “those portions of the North American Numbering Plan that pertain to the United 
States.”7 The Act requires the Commission to “ensure the efficient, fair, and orderly allocation of toll-free 
numbers.”8  In addition to exclusive jurisdiction over numbering resources, the Commission also has an 
obligation to protect public safety9 and has broad authority to execute its functions.10  Telephone numbers 
  
1 SAMHSA is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  
2 See Toll Free Service Access Codes, CC Docket No. 95-155, Order, 22 FCC Rcd 651 (WCB 2007) (800-SUICIDE 
Order) at 1, app. for review pending.  
3 Kristin Brooks Hope Center Application for Review, In the Matter of Toll Free Service Access Codes, CC Docket 
95-155 (filed Feb. 21, 2007) (Application for Review).
4 47 U.S.C. § 251(e)(1).  
5 47 U.S.C. § 151.
6 The numbers that are subject to this extension are 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE); 1-888-784-2433 (1-888-
SUICIDE); and 1-877-784-2432 (1-877-SUICIDA).
7 47 U.S.C. § 251(e)(1).
8 Toll Free Service Access Codes, CC Docket No. 95-155, Second Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 11162, 11176, 
para. 18 (1997) (Toll Free Second Report and Order); see also 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 251(e).
9 47 U.S.C. § 151.
10 47 U.S.C. § 154(i).  Furthermore, section 1.3 of our rules authorizes the Commission to suspend, revoke, amend, 
or waive a Commission rule for good cause shown.  47 C.F.R. § 1.3.  This rule provides that “[a]ny provision of the
rules may be waived by the Commission on its own motion or on petition if good cause therefore is shown.”  Id.
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are a public resource and neither carriers nor subscribers “own” their telephone numbers.11 Courts have 
found that no one has a property interest in a telephone number.12  
3. On November 20, 2007, SAMHSA filed a request that the temporary assignment be made 
permanent to ensure the continuous operation of the three toll-free numbers as public resources.13  In 
response to SAMHSA’s petition, KBHC filed comments stating that “the Commission should issue a 
Public Notice to refresh the record prior to taking any permanent action on the [application for review] or 
the SAMHSA petition. A temporary extension of the prior reassignment for that purpose could provide 
the necessary time for that important exercise.”14  Therefore, in conjunction with this Order, the 
Commission is issuing a public notice to refresh the record on the KBHC application for review.  This 
will allow interested parties to provide any new information or arguments they believe to be relevant to 
deciding any issues still pending.15  In this Order, we extend by 90 days the assignment to SAMHSA of 
the three toll-free numbers at issue.  This extension will allow us to review thoroughly the record filed in
response to that public notice.
4. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to sections 151 and 251(e) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 251(e), and authority delegated under 
sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291,16 the temporary assignment 
of the three toll-free numbers at issue is extended to April 21, 2008.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Dana R. Shaffer
Chief
Wireline Competition Bureau
  
11 Toll Free Service Access Codes, CC Docket No. 95-155, Fourth Report and Order and Memorandum Opinion and 
Order, 13 FCC Rcd 9058, 9061, n.14 (1998) (Toll Free Fourth Report and Order); see also Toll Free Service Access 
Codes, CC Docket No. 95-155, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 10 FCC Rcd 13692, 13702, para. 36 (1995); 
Administration of the North American Numbering Plan, CC Docket No. 92-237, Report and Order, 11 FCC Rcd 
2588, 2591, para. 4 (1995).
12 See, e.g., StarNet, Inc., 355 F.3d 634, 637 (7th Cir. 2004).
13 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
Petition for Permanent Reassignment of Three Toll Free Suicide Prevention Hotline Numbers, WC Docket No. 07-
271 (filed Nov. 20, 2007) (Petition) at 2, 4.
14 See Comments of the Kristin Brooks Hope Center, In the Matter of U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Petition for Permanent Reassignment of 
Three Toll Free Suicide Prevention Hotline Numbers, WC Docket No. 07-271, at 2 (filed Dec. 7, 2007).
15 Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks to Refresh the Record Regarding Kristin Brooks Hope Center’s Application 
for Review of the 800-Suicide Order, CC Docket No. 95-155, Public Notice (released December 20, 2007).
16 See 47 U.S.C. § 155(c).