{"id":1118,"date":"2022-09-02T14:44:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T14:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rock-it-data.vercel.app\/?p=670"},"modified":"2024-03-19T14:17:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:17:13","slug":"call-centers-going-back-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockitdata.com\/call-centers-going-back-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Call Centers \u2013 Going Back in History"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;]\n\t\t\t[et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;]\n\t\t\t\t[et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]\n<p>Call centers have been around since the early 1960\u2019s and undoubtedly have made major strides. Offices of major telephone companies used call centers to handle various inquiries. In the 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s, new technologies made call centers more prominent. These call centers were used for sales where the agents would call consumers to sell a product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of the toll-free 800 number, call centers would receive inbound calls as well as continue to make outbound calls. Many consumers grew to dislike the outbound calls that agents would make. In fact, this led to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in the early 90\u2019s. This law restricted when call center agents could make their calls to the consumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Evolution<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/OG3d-v3iFtKPElctDsIVaQnEgroBCTkf3ijxuvvO2ZPo5p_MWl1eamqyweiWIWO6zsBElLXd7npn435x2hidm3vyiOymQBxjw7kqOqnYWbKV03bYKHn7328XUnhroN7ybFJRW7X0ArxcMKtBTUZnrVQ\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The turning point in the evolution of a call center was the internet. The internet was readily available for consumers. 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In the 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s, new technologies made call centers more prominent. These call centers were used for sales where the agents would call consumers to sell a product.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As a result of the toll-free 800 number, call centers would receive inbound calls as well as continue to make outbound calls. Many consumers grew to dislike the outbound calls that agents would make. In fact, this led to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in the early 90\u2019s. 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