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* [https://www.twilio.com/help/faq/porting/how-can-i-obtain-a-csr How can I obtain a CSR?] | * [https://www.twilio.com/help/faq/porting/how-can-i-obtain-a-csr How can I obtain a CSR?] | ||
: 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. | : 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. | ||
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* [https://www.quora.com/Who-are-Twilios-competitors Who are Twilio's competitors?] | * [https://www.quora.com/Who-are-Twilios-competitors Who are Twilio's competitors?] | ||
| + | * [http://clintberry.com/2012/why-plivo-cloud-is-better-than-twilio/ Why Plivo Cloud Is Better Than Twilio] | ||
| + | * [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/when-your-app-is-in-the-cloud/ When Your App Is in the Cloud] (''New York Times''. Identifies [https://www.tropo.com/ Tropo] and [https://www.plivo.com/ Plivo].) | ||
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| + | * [https://www.plivo.com/open-source/ Plivo Open Source]: An open source framework for developers to prototype voice call applications. | ||
== Phone Number Parking == | == Phone Number Parking == | ||
Revision as of 13:45, 25 October 2015
Equipment Providers
- 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.
- Also See:
- More number porting tips.
Phone Number Forwarding
- OR YOU CAN GO WITH A NUMBER FORWARDING SERVICE, LIKE TWILIO.
- How To: Port Your Landline to Twilio, Forward to Your Mobile Phone
- Voice Pricing for Phone Numbers & Calls - Twilio
- I may be able to port my landline numbers here for $1/mo. Maybe even my 800 numbers too for $2/mo.
- 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.)
- PLIVO
- Plivo Open Source: An open source framework for developers to prototype voice call applications.
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
Port number to NumberBarn and park it. Starts at $2/mo. You can customize outgoing message.
- Parking service ($4/mo.) is more expensive than Number Barn ($2/mo.).
- Crappy looking website. $3/mo. parking with no apparent option to customize the "parked" message.
See Also
Note to Dave: Use transclusion to insert expanding list of see also links.