[asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

[Paul]

I had Verizon do that by sending the number to their voicemail for a
year. They charged me for inbound minutes. Also, they changed the white
and yellow pages listing to the address of the local Verizon POP. Good
luck with that solution.

C F wrote:

> Alan port it to Verizon as Remote Call Forwarding number, it's only
> aroun $15 per month.
>
> On 4/16/07, Matt <mhoppes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well then pick a company you feel comfortable with, or your CLEC, and
>> port
>> the number to them.
>>
>>
>> On 4/16/07, Alan Bunch < Alan.Bunch at udfc.com> wrote:
>> > *I* agree with all of you.  My boss doesn't  8-)   He also is
>> paying too
>> > much for Vonage.  He makes very few calls and the $14.95 month plan is
>> > still more than he would use on a per minute plan.  Remember this
>> is our
>> > C *F* O.
>> >
>> > Alan
>> >
>> >
>> > Matt wrote:
>> >
>> > > I'd say Vonage is going to be around as long as anyone else.
>> > >
>> > > On 4/16/07, *Alan Bunch* <Alan.Bunch at udfc.com
>> > > <mailto:Alan.Bunch at udfc.com> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >     I know I''m going wind up with a carrier.  I just hope I can
>> find
>> one
>> > >     that will be around for a while.
>> > >
>> > >     alabun
>> > >
>> > >     Matt wrote:
>> > >
>> > >     > Well, when a carrier goes out of business their numbers are
>> returned
>> > >     > to the pool.  You MIGHT be able to get them if you talk nicely
>> > >     to the
>> > >     > top dog (XO, Level3, etc), but probably not.    I don't know
>> exactly
>> > >     > what you want for an answer..... if you don't want to park
>> at a
>> > >     > carrier where else will you park?
>> > >     >
>> > >     >
>> > >     > On 4/16/07, *Alan Bunch* < Alan.Bunch at udfc.com
>> > >     <mailto:Alan.Bunch at udfc.com >
>> > >     > <mailto:Alan.Bunch at udfc.com <mailto:Alan.Bunch at udfc.com>>>
>> wrote:
>> > >     >
>> > >     >     I have a number that was ported to Vonage about 7 months
>> > >     >     ago.  Well the
>> > >     >     CFO of my company did anyway. With the present Vonage
>> > >     situation he
>> > >     >     would
>> > >     >     like to port that number away from Vonage.  Is there a
>> place,
>> > >     >     other than
>> > >     >     a carrier, to park a number ?   He has had this number
>> for may
>> > >     >     years and
>> > >     >     would like to hold on to it.
>> > >     >
>> > >     >     I know I could port it to any number of carriers but don't
>> > >     want to
>> > >     >     move
>> > >     >     it to someone I don't know will be in business
>> > >     tomorrow.  BTW, what
>> > >     >     happens to the numbers a carrier has when they vanish ?  I
>> would
>> > >     >     imagine
>> > >     >     it's a pain recovering those number from a customer
>> point of
>> > >     view.
>> > >     >
>> > >     <SNIP>
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