number porting

[alf]

If I port my phone # over to Freephoneline and in the future want to port my number out can I do this? when porting out what do I do when they ask for a phone bill from the last few months. I'm thinking of porting over but I want to make sure I can retain my phone # if I ever leave.

Thanks
ALF

[bridonca]

Why would you want to port out of Freephoneline.ca? I am going to treat this as a hypothetical!

I had the same concern with another VOIP provider when it came to porting to Speakout, a decent cell phone carrier. I gave Speakout all the info I had on the VOIP carrier, like my address and a contact number in case anything went south. Two days later, and I got a problem free, successful port.

I cannot see Freephoneline ever giving you a hard time if you want to leave with your number. Unlike incumbent telcos, Freephoneline is actually a straight up company, at least from my experiences with them. Besides, if you want to port out, they would have already got your $75, it is not like they have incentive to play dirty tricks to keep your number with them if you are not happy.

[alf]

It was hypothetical! but anything can happen! I have been using freephone for 3 or 4 months now and love it !!

[bridonca]

As a heads up, Freephoneline has a call forwarding option, which could minimize the need to port out. Very handy!