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wisdom of porting business number to cellphone
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| George 2006-05-23, 5:48 pm |
| 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 2006-05-23, 5:48 pm |
| "George" <george@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> 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.
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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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| "Jos. Wheeler" wrote:
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> "George" <george@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ed6dnag3O9JWq- 7ZnZ2dnUVZ_v2dnZ2d@a
delphia.com...
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> 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.
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> 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.
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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 2006-05-23, 11:48 pm |
| Notan wrote:
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> Don't you ever take time off? <g>
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> 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.
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> For the minimal fee that a landline costs, it's worth the added security.
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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 2006-05-29, 5:48 pm |
| George wrote:
> 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.
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 2006-05-29, 5:48 pm |
| Isaiah Beard wrote:
> George wrote:
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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.
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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 2006-05-29, 11:48 pm |
| George wrote:
> Isaiah Beard wrote:
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> Thanks, but what do you imagine happening that would require a backup?
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> 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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