wisdom of porting business number to cellphone

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George - 23 May 2006 17:22 GMT

Buddy and I were discussing this. He has a consulting business and is
almost never in his office. So his office phone forwards to his
cellphone. He kept it this way for years because it just "seems to be
better" as far as reliability. For example if VZW "had issues" he could
set the call forwarding to some other number or plug in an answering
machine etc.

Since VZW seems to be solid we were discussing if there were reasons not
to port the number. Any thoughts appreciated.

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Jos. Wheeler - 23 May 2006 19:24 GMT

> Buddy and I were discussing this. He has a consulting business and is
> almost never in his office. So his office phone forwards to his cellphone.
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> Since VZW seems to be solid we were discussing if there were reasons not
> to port the number. Any thoughts appreciated.

I'm a management consultant too. I ported my business landline to VZW the
first day your were able to a year and a half or so back.

Best move I ever made. My clients love it-- and I can go and do whatever I
want to and still be available. I took a call while bass fishing one time.
Booted up my laptop and answered the client's question right on the spot.

I had to bump my VZW minutes up to the next bigger category but by bagging
the high fee "business" line from BellSouth, I save about $90 per month.

Jos.

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Notan - 23 May 2006 19:48 GMT

> > Buddy and I were discussing this. He has a consulting business and is
> > almost never in his office. So his office phone forwards to his cellphone.
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> I had to bump my VZW minutes up to the next bigger category but by bagging
> the high fee "business" line from BellSouth, I save about $90 per month.

Don't you ever take time off? <g>

Personally, I like having a landline. There *are* times when the system
goes down, is having problems, sounds "dirty," etc. Without a landline,
my business would be dead in the water.

For the minimal fee that a landline costs, it's worth the added security.

Notan

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George - 23 May 2006 21:47 GMT

> Don't you ever take time off? <g>
>
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> Notan

The added security part is what we were trying to determine. Is there
really any added security? In the case of my friend the only issue he
has had is when the telco dropped his forwarding rule on two different
occasions. If he had ported his number he wouldn't even have had a problem.

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Isaiah Beard - 29 May 2006 18:10 GMT

> Buddy and I were discussing this. He has a consulting business and is
> almost never in his office. So his office phone forwards to his
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> Since VZW seems to be solid we were discussing if there were reasons not
> to port the number. Any thoughts appreciated.

Even now, I would never tell anyone to trust a business number to a cell
phone or VoIP without some kind of backup.

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George - 29 May 2006 18:45 GMT

>> Buddy and I were discussing this. He has a consulting business and is
>> almost never in his office. So his office phone forwards to his
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> Even now, I would never tell anyone to trust a business number to a cell
> phone or VoIP without some kind of backup.

Thanks, but what do you imagine happening that would require a backup?

For example in the case of my friend his "backup" is what failed when
the telephone company lost his forwarding rule.

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Lou@its.invalid - 29 May 2006 22:26 GMT

> >> Buddy and I were discussing this. He has a consulting business and is
> >> almost never in his office. So his office phone forwards to his
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> For example in the case of my friend his "backup" is what failed when
> the telephone company lost his forwarding rule.

Lost phone.

Lou

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