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reply to garbageguts

Re: [POLL] Who will you VOIP with when AT&T pulls the CV plug?

I called in about my WRT54GP2A-AT being unlocked and they refused to unlock mine. It does not matter though I'm going to buy a pap2 for callcentric

reply to garbageguts
I'm just plain angry with AT&T. When I had U-Verse installed there was no U-Voice available here in WI. Ergo, Callvantage was offered at a price of 19.99 permonth (ten dollar discount forever) if you had U-Verse installed.

Now, out of the clear blue sky, they want to give me the same thing but charge me 10.00 more. They won't recognize the discount they are currently giving me. It made me mad enough to shop elsewhere.

Not ony that, I've talked to at least 5 U-Verse people that have told me " I don't blame you and it is really not working all that well yet".

I'm going to do the Ooma thing after reading nearly 400 reviews over on Amazon.

reply to Fisamo
I switched to Phone Power, found out the server is less than 40 ms from me.

I hate to see AT&T go, but since I'm in a Verizon area, U-Verse was not an available option.

reply to Fisamo
I just signed up for CallCentric, it had more of the 'advanced' features I needed:

1. Advanced call-filters based on time of day, including DND.

2. Free E-fax (inbound)

3. My choice of Codecs. I tried the Softphone for testing and the quality was excellent.

Just filled out the LNP documents, and will report how long it takes.
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reply to Fisamo
I just yesterday started the porting process for my primary home business number to AT&T Wireless. It will be interesting to see how this goes since the number is officially owned by XO, was originally assigned to a Vonage account and subsequently ported to AT&T CallVantage.

It will also be interesting to see if my secondary personal CallVantage number will also be automatically disconnected and the entire account closed when the primary number ports. I tried to manually disconnect the secondary line (since I plan to just drop it) using the on-line script, but it warned that disconnecting one line would automatically disconnect both lines, so I aborted that process.

The only "problem" so far is that AT&T refused to waive their $29.99 new line activation fee even though this was a forced migration from another AT&T service.
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That seems kind of lame that they wouldn't waive the fee... (Not all that surprising, though.)

Is the secondary line a 2nd line on your ATA, or is it an "Additional User"/"SimpleReach" number?

If you want to disconnect the second line and let it go away, you should be able to do so on the control panel (though you may have to call the TF number and have CS do it).

I suspect the Line 2 will simply go away, as I doubt you have login credentials for it on the website, right? Certainly never hurts to confirm after the primary line ports...

Fair enough. From what you said of the disconnect script, it sounds like the 2nd line will simply go away. That said, though, it's never a good idea to ASSume...

reply to Fisamo
Upon reflection...
I originally had voted "Cell Only", but today I decided to port over to Vitelity.
I already have an Asterisk system for business use, I'm just going to add a trunk for my personal number (CallVantage). I'm going to sever ties early, I don't want to get caught in a rush.
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reply to NetFixer
Well, despite the assurance I got from the AT&T Wireless CSR that there would be no problems with porting my number from AT&T CallVantage, I got an email today saying that there was indeed a problem.

As irritating as the prospect sounds, have you considered porting to another provider for a short term? Perhaps an inexpensive TMO prepaid, or if a PAYGO VoIP provider can take the number without charging $25 for the port?

Why should I expect AT&T CallVantage to allow porting the number to an outside provider when it seems to be blocking what should be a simple intramural transfer to AT&T Wireless?

The problem is that AT&T CallVantage is apparently balking at releasing the number, not that AT&T Wireless is refusing to accept it.
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The odd thing here is that ATT is shutting down CallVantage. There's no reason for them to not release the number. If you're still primarily interested in keeping ATT for wireless, it may be worth a call to CV customer support or to push the port with ATTWS.

OTOH, since you don't seem committed to keeping ATTWS, it makes good sense to look at your alternatives. FWIW, how's Verizon wireless in your area?

NetFixer I recommend tmobile for your cell needs I've been with them for 6 years and have had great service throughout.
Also I would agree with you on looking into Comcast a lot of small businesses in my area are starting to move to the cable companies for all there phone and data needs. Also in my case ATT can have their callvantage number every telemarketer in the universe has it any way so as of now I'm still trying to decide on callcentric, voipo, or voicepulse

reply to NetFixer
I certainly agree that you might want to ditch those bums at ATT.

Nevertheless, if you want to fight for your number, this reference may come in handy:

»www.corp.att.com/lnp/handbook/lnp.html

reply to Fisamo
I don't see any comments on PhonePower. They seem to be rated pretty high on various web sites that show customer ratings/reviews. Any thoughts?

Many folks like them.

Have you looked at the reviews and resources on THIS website (that is, the site that you are currently ON ?!)

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