Telecom Tips

Equipment Providers

If getting the appropriate forwarding service from Century Link is too much of a pain in the ass, just port it to OOMA.

• 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

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: How much am I charged for call forwarding?

TWILIO

NUMBER PORTING TIPS

• What are the phases of porting a landline number?
• 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.

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.

See Also

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