[Asterisk-Users] Now that Nufone is dead...

[John Kington]

At 11:09 PM 7/5/2006 +0200, Jens wrote:

>On 5 Jul 2006, at 19:00, John Kington wrote:
>
>>At 09:29 AM 7/5/2006 +0300, you wrote:
>>
>>>I have tollfree numbers with Nufone working OK.
>>>But what I like most is the regular numbers with charge/month
>>>but no charge/min on incoming calls...
>>
>>Did your tollfree number(s) with Nufone get cut-off in April?
>>Did you keep the same number or did you signup for another number?
>>I requested Nufone transfer my tollfree number in May and it is still
>>not working (code is 77-4). I am wondering if this has happened to
>>everyone or if my number fell through the cracks.
>
>I kept my toll-free number, it just took an extra step to get it
>working. Apparently their old provider is screwing them and taking
>whatever time they want to do the porting. To speed it up there's an
>option called "force-porting", as they explained to me. The old
>provider will act faster for a fee of $60. NuFone is willing to eat
>that cost if you put those $60 into your NuFone account and put "For
>QUICK TFN port" in the payment comments, they will initiate the force
>porting request but leave that amount in your account so you can use
>it for your normal call activity.
>
>Pretty fair I'd say. The only problem is that they might not have
>advertised this option to every customer stuck with that particular
>problem.
>
>Other than that, any "new" toll-free DID as well as "standard" DID
>you order works instantly.
>
>jens
Jens,
Thanks for the "force-porting" tip. I use the TF for personal reasons and
do not have a pressing need at the moment. My usage is so low that
I suspect Nufone is losing money on me. I tried to get an update from
Nufone but got no response. It does not look like a lost cause yet and I
would like to stay because their service has always been available when
I needed it. I even stated in my email to Nufone that I would switch to
their current terms that have a monthly charge. I still got no response!?!
Regards,
John