Telecom Tips

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.