I wouldn't bank on the number being merely suspended indefinitely. I suggest suspension is a preliminary step.
When the account is eventually terminated, the original Fibernetics number will be dumped back into the pool and made available to new sign-ups.
Edit: After June 12, 2024 the following no longer applies, apparently.
https://support.freephoneline.ca/hc/art ... unt-policy
"VoIP Key Accounts which are considered to be dormant for more than 4 years may be terminated.
You can recover phone numbers deleted due to dormancy by contacting our support team here: https://support.fongo.com/hc/requests/new.
Please note that this request must be made within 10 days of account deletion or the number may no longer be available.”
You got back to them quickly enough.When I did it said the account was blocked.
Imagine suspending a VoIP unlock key account on a helpful, longtime volunteer forum moderator. I'm referring to Jake, of course.
It's not.Maybe just forwarding calls is not enough to stop this from happening?
Using "Follow Me" won't work.
https://support.freephoneline.ca/hc/art ... unt-policy
"Using FreePhoneLine primarily as a call forwarding service will not keep your account from being flagged as dormant."
That's referring to using Follow Me.
Using an Obihai ATA or Obihai IP Phone to forward calls will work for the specific FPL number that's placing an outbound call (forwarding the call). Different process. That's effectively the same thing as making an outbound call manually without Follow Me, except the original inbound caller ID won't be retained on the forwarded call.