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Equipment Providers

If getting the appropriate forwarding service from CenturyLink is too much of a pain in the ass, just port it to a service like OOMA or OBi.

http://www.ooma.com/phone-number/

Also See:

http://support.ooma.com/home/common-porting-errors/

More number porting tips.

http://www.obihai.com/porttutorial

Phone Number Forwarding

5.4.19 NUMBER FORWARDING^[1]

Description: Number Forwarding allows a residence customer to have a telephone number identity without having an exchange access line. Calls placed to the telephone number can be forwarded to any other telephone number within the same local calling area.^[2]

Cloud Phone

Virtual Phone Numbers: Cloud Phone enables small businesses to quickly, easily, and affordably set up virtual phone numbers with advanced call forwarding features. Business phone systems are complex, Cloud Phone is simple.

OR YOU CAN GO WITH A NUMBER FORWARDING SERVICE, LIKE TWILIO.

I may be able to port my landline numbers here for $1/mo. Maybe even my 800 numbers too for $2/mo.

Twilio: How much am I charged for call forwarding?

TWILIO: NUMBER PORTING TIPS

To obtain a Customer Service Record (CSR), you’ll need to contact your current carrier, and you may need to ask for your carrier’s Porting Team. Please specify that you want the customer service record on file with the carrier, not merely your billing records. In many cases, the billing record and the customer service record will have the same information, but this is not necessarily going to be the case. Therefore, it’s best to ask specifically for the CSR.

TWILIO COMPETITORS

Who are Twilio's competitors?
Why Plivo Cloud Is Better Than Twilio
When Your App Is in the Cloud (New York Times. Identifies Tropo and Plivo.)
Twilio Alternatives- A Guide to Choose SMS & Voice APIs for Your on-demand Mobile App

NEXMO

Nexmo - APIs for SMS, Voice and Phone Verifications

PLIVO (Commercial)

Plivo: SMS API, Voice API, & Global Carrier Provider

PLIVO (Open Source)

Plivo Open Source: An open source framework for developers to prototype voice call applications.

SINCH

Sinch | Voice API, SMS API & Cloud VoIP made Simple

Phone Number Parking

NUMBER PARKING SERVICES

Hint: Forget about number parking and look into one of the Twilio options.

Park Your Landline Number - numberbarn.com

NumberBarn

Port number to NumberBarn and park it. Starts at $2/mo. You can customize outgoing message.

NumberGarage

Parking service ($4/mo.) is more expensive than Number Barn ($2/mo.).

ParkMyPhone

Crappy looking website. $3/mo. parking with no apparent option to customize the "parked" message.

References

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Additional Resource Wiki Pages

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[1] Qwest Corporation d/b/a CenturyLink QC (C) PRICE LIST EXCHANGE AND OREGON SECTION 5 NETWORK SERVICES 2nd Revised Sheet 113

[2] Qwest Corporation d/b/a CenturyLink QC Exchange and Network Services Catalog No. 3 SECTION 5 Page 93 NORTHERN IDAHO Release 2 Issued: 6-5-13 Effective: 6-15-13

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+; If getting the appropriate forwarding service from CenturyLink is too much of a pain in the ass, just port it to a service like OOMA or OBi.
-; If getting the appropriate forwarding service from Century Link is too much of a pain in the ass, just port it to a service like OOMA or OBi.
 * http://www.ooma.com/phone-number/
 : Also See:
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 == Phone Number Forwarding ==
+* [http://edocs.puc.state.or.us/efdocs/UAC/15153uac104342.pdf 5.4.19 NUMBER FORWARDING]<ref>[http://edocs.puc.state.or.us/efdocs/UAC/15153uac104342.pdf Qwest Corporation d/b/a CenturyLink QC (C) PRICE LIST EXCHANGE AND OREGON SECTION 5 NETWORK SERVICES 2nd Revised Sheet 113]</ref>
+: Description: Number Forwarding allows a residence customer to have a telephone number identity without having an exchange access line. Calls placed to the telephone number can be forwarded to any other telephone number within the same local calling area.<ref>[http://www.puc.idaho.gov/fileroom/tariff/title62/Qwest%20Corp%20N%20ID%20Catalog%20No%203%20Exch%20&%20Network%20Secs%201-8.pdf Qwest Corporation d/b/a CenturyLink QC Exchange and Network Services Catalog No. 3 SECTION 5 Page 93 NORTHERN IDAHO Release 2 Issued: 6-5-13 Effective: 6-15-13]</ref>
+* [http://cloudphone.com/ Cloud Phone]
+: Virtual Phone Numbers: Cloud Phone enables small businesses to quickly, easily, and affordably set up virtual phone numbers with advanced call forwarding features. Business phone systems are complex, Cloud Phone is simple.
 ; OR YOU CAN GO WITH A NUMBER FORWARDING SERVICE, LIKE TWILIO.
 * [https://www.twilio.com/blog/2010/08/how-to-port-your-212-landline-to-twilio-forward-to-your-mobile-phone.html How To: Port Your Landline to Twilio, Forward to Your Mobile Phone]
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 ; Park Your Landline Number - numberbarn.com
 * [https://www.numberbarn.com NumberBarn]
-Port number to NumberBarn and park it. Starts at $2/mo. You can customize outgoing message.
+: Port number to NumberBarn and park it. Starts at $2/mo. You can customize outgoing message.
 * [https://www.numbergarage.com NumberGarage]
 : Parking service ($4/mo.) is more expensive than Number Barn ($2/mo.).