Numbers and porting
What a free phone number costs you
Free numbers work. What you give up is ownership, the right to take the number with you, and any say over the day it is reclaimed for inactivity.
· 4 min read
Numbers & area codes
Numbers and porting
Getting a business number, and moving an existing one without losing calls.
Articles
Numbers and porting
How to get a second business number
Four routes to a second number: a carrier line, an app, a business provider, or forwarding. What each one costs you in control, and how to choose between them.
· 4 min read
Numbers and porting
How to get a toll-free number
Toll-free numbers come from one shared North American pool, reserved through a RespOrg. How the process works, and why the number you want is already gone.
· 5 min read
Numbers and porting
Toll-free or local: which number to use
One signals national reach, the other signals proximity. Which a customer trusts depends on what they are buying, and on what the number sets them up to expect.
· 4 min read
Numbers and porting
A virtual phone number for a business
Keeping your cell number private, covering an area code you have no office in, and the part of the pitch nobody prints: what a number cannot buy you.
· 4 min read
Numbers and porting
What a toll-free number actually means
Toll free is a statement about the bill, not the digits: the business pays. The 8XX codes, who administers them, and what the phrase is worth now.
· 4 min read
Numbers and porting
What is a virtual phone number?
A virtual phone number is an ordinary number with no line behind it, only a routing record. What that changes, what it does not, and what to check first.
· 5 min read
Numbers and porting
A valid number is not an active line
Format checks prove a number is written the way its country writes numbers. They never prove it rings. What to check before a CRM import, and what not to claim.
· 4 min read
Numbers and porting
Moving your business number to another provider
The number belongs to you, not to your carrier. What porting actually requires in Canada, and the one mistake that loses a business number for good.
· 3 min read
