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General Support => New to Using the OBi / VoIP => Topic started by: ricklawpsu on February 14, 2013, 06:46:53 AM

Title: Does my Landline # become long distance for incoming callers?
Post by: ricklawpsu on February 14, 2013, 06:46:53 AM
Once I port my longtime landline # to Google Voice, is there any risk of the # being considered long distance for incoming calls? Or, does it stay a local # ??

Obviously, someone who does not have long distance service would not be able to call me if my number was no longer local.

Thanks
Title: Re: Does my Landline # become long distance for incoming calls?
Post by: lhm. on February 14, 2013, 06:54:19 AM
There will be no change in status for inbound calls from/for others.
Title: Re: Does my Landline # become long distance for incoming callers?
Post by: ricklawpsu on February 14, 2013, 06:55:34 AM

Thanks, that would have been the only deal-breaker.
Title: Re: Does my Landline # become long distance for incoming callers?
Post by: Felix on February 15, 2013, 07:08:21 PM
With cell and VoIP considering all of US local area - is there still such thing as long distance  ???
Title: Re: Does my Landline # become long distance for incoming callers?
Post by: infin8loop on February 15, 2013, 07:53:43 PM
Here in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area there are "metro numbers" that can make and receive calls
between area codes in the two cities with no long distance charges. I'm not sure what would happened to the status of the free inbound calls from the "other city's area codes" placed through traditional phone service providers (aka AT&T, etc) if a metro number is ported to a voip provider.   
Title: Re: Does my Landline # become long distance for incoming callers?
Post by: CoalMinerRetired on February 15, 2013, 08:37:29 PM
^ This still applies, the local telco CO (central office) from which the landline originated when it was born as a landline will be forever associated with the ported number:

Quote from: lhm. on February 14, 2013, 06:54:19 AM
There will be no change in status for inbound calls from/for others.
Title: Re: Does my Landline # become long distance for incoming callers?
Post by: lhm. on February 15, 2013, 09:10:25 PM
CMR
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