[Hidden-tech] who services keeping landline number, other than phone companies (verizon, etc.)?

[Michael Ippolito]

I been using VoIP services for my businesses for the past 10+ years. I've
tried many different companies.

My recommendation for business class service is onsip. Mike and his team
are absolutely fantastic and the service is top notch. Their customer
service and the redundancy plans over the years have gotten so good they're
uptime is very close to POTS.  I found that in most instances their
a-la-carte product fits me the best because I can add only the services I
need.

Because I do not have multiple employees and multiple locations In my
current business, I don't need business-class service.  I've moved both my
business and my personal phones over to Callcentric. The simplest setup I
have is my home service, I pay a 2.99 per month for an inbound local
telephone number and E 911. I pay a flat half a penny a minute (in and out)
to all US and most European destinations.

For my business phone numbers I do not have a 911 and pay only a 1.99 Per
month for an inbound number. I also have several free numbers which allow
completely free inbound service that I use for conference calls and
callbacks. I also use these free numbers for inbound faxes.

While all of these services support many different Manufacturers of VoIP
phones I've been a Polycom customer for many years and frankly wouldn't go
anywhere else. The IP 501 and 301 series can be purchased cheaply on eBay
and from other resellers. Their new IP 650 phone is very nice also, I have
several of those.

Let me know if I can help further.
Mike


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On Jul 12, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "dstevens at tryandfindit.com" <
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Hello All,

I am also interested in this change...
Has anyone had any experience with
"Magic Jack".....
Almost sounds to cheap to be good?

don

*TFI*, Inc.
Don Stevens
159 Patricia Circle
Springfield, MA 01119
Office: 413.209.8333
Cell: 860.614.4153
Email: dstevens at tryandfindIT.com



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Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] who services keeping landline number, other
than phone companies (verizon, etc.)?
From: Deborah Chandler <debchandler411 at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, July 12, 2013 1:27 am
To: Hidden-Tech Tech <Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>

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I am trying ACN's digital phone, will be hooking it up this week, and
can let you know what I think. It connects through the cable internet.

It includes unlimited local and long distance in the US, plus 70 other
countries, voicemail, caller ID and call waiting, all for $29.99 a
month. Calls to some other places are 20¢ a minute. I can use my
exisitng landline number and will be able to take my number anywhere
in the world.

Deb



On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Gyepi SAM
<gyepi-hidden-tec at praxis-sw.com> wrote:
> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
> ** If you did, we all thank you.
>
>
> I don't know of the specific provider you are asking about, but
> you can port your landline to any provider. Some may choose not
> to, of course, but that's a policy decision, not a technical one.
>
> Over the past 12 years I've used Verizon, Vonage, Comcast, Verizon
(clearly,
> I'm a slow learner), Google Voice and kept the same number. Google voice
was
> the most complicated since they only port mobile numbers so I first
ported my
> numbers to T-Mobile just long enough to port them to google voice.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> -Gyepi
>
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:44:36AM -0400, Jill Connolly wrote:
>> I know there are services for keeping your landline phone number at a
much reduced rate than Verizon, etc. charge.
>>
>> Not google-voice, but something else I saw recently...
>>
>> Anyone have a handle on this?
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