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

[Alan Bunch]

*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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