How to move a landline number to a cell phone carrier

Apr 30, 2012 | Mobile Communications

With so many people using cell phones for day-to-day communication (91% of all Americans or 245 million people to be exact), landlines are slowly becoming obsolete. For homeowners and business owners, it is becoming easier to simply get rid of the landline and use a cell phone for home or office communications. And why not! It’s cheaper and your cell phone can do way more than any touch-tone telephone.

Try to get a recipe on your home phone for Turkey Chili or find out the weather in Albuquerque New Mexico. Okay, you could call your aunt for her famous 5 bean chili recipe or call the national weather service for local weather information but that’s not the point. The only thing holding people back from punting their landline straight into the garbage is the fear of losing the telephone number.

Interestingly enough, there have been news stories as recent as January 2012 about how people were still paying AOL $14.95 a month for internet service because they were afraid if they canceled they would lose their @aol.com email address! Same concept here just no email address.

The great thing about making the switch is that it is possible to move (port) a landline number to a wireless cell phone. This means that you don’t need to adjust to a new phone number or expect your friends and family to record your new digits. Callers will have no idea that the switch has taken place. Technically, this service is called Local Number Portability (LNP) and it is what allows a person to switch their number between providers; whether it is a wireless or wired number.

Please note AVAD Technologies cannot assist you in moving your landline to a cell phone carrier.

 

Continue Reading: How to move a landline to a cell phone carrier Part 2

 

 

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