saving phone number

[bmwjohn]

Hi:
we had a concessionary phone here (bell employee retiree discount) and the relative who got the discount died. Phone bill shot way up. We are still in house, use cell. I would like to save the old land line number for various reasons, and shut the actual land line. How to save the number? Google, or magic jack, or ??? Thanks.

 

[crazyoildude]

You can port that number to another phone...The only reason i still have landlines in my house is because of the fax machines and the Burglar/Fire alarm which has celular backup anyway..

 

[yesthatsteve]

I vote for Google Voice since it's a one-time fee to port and no additional charges for calls & texts within the US. Magic Jack would work, as would Ooma, or other VOIP services.

 

[bmwjohn]

ARE YOU SAYING I COULD NOT USE A FAX WITH GOOGLE VOICE, MAJIC JACK, OR SIMILAR, BUT MUST USE A LAND LINE? THANKS.

 

[GrtArtiste]

Using fax on anything other than a landline is a gamble. Some VOIP may work, many probably won't. If your fax needs are mission-critical, my advice would be to keep the landline. As always, YMMV.

 

[Doc8404]

No longer have landline in my area. Or I should say we received notice they are stopping soon.

 

[racer12306]

There are online services to fax so unless a bunch of people have your fax number, you can sign up for one of those and just give out the new number when it's needed.

 

[itguy08]

If you need FAX, I believe Vonage supports them, and we had good luck with ViaTalk as a VoIP provider.

If you just want to park the #, the best bet is T-Mobile prepaid. Pickup a phone and port your # - $3.99/mo gives you 30 minutes or 30 texts.