telephone numbers

[cdodds2004]

any got exspericence with moving phone numbers?

i have a house phone at the moment and use it for my works number

now im moving to a new house locally but its on a diffrent exchange so cant simply move it as a personal number

does anyone no if i change the number to a business number etc i will be able to move it etc>??

 

[secret squirrel]

What you can do is pay for a service that puts your new number on your old number like an answer machine message.

As your old number is phoned, your new number is given out. (that makes more sense)

 

[dontknowitall]

Alternatively, write to all the customers you like and want to keep.

Then the late payers/nit pickers/halfwits as well as the holiday prizes, home insulation, double glazing, etc can find someone else and stop bothering you.

 

[cdodds2004]

but there is no way i can actually keep the phone number?

 

[GQuigley67]

i don't really like the idea of using my home number, that's why im looking at 0845 numbers, would love a deal that would redirect to my mobile for cheap or free, but im a bit skeptical of some of the internet sites

 

[cdodds2004]

yea i like the idea of a 0845 number but are they exspensive to have? and do you think people will ring a 0845 number? some prefer local numbers, i struggle to get older customers to ring my mobile!

 

[Ivor Bates]

I have an 0808 freephone number with Buzz networks all calls are routed to my mobile. I pay monthly rental £9.95, I pay £1.75 for a paper invoice, I could get it by email and save £1.75, but it's just not the same when you come home from a days work to not find a bill on the doormat.... On average I will get around 50 calls a month via this number and the average bill for this including the £9.95 and £1.75 is around £25-£30 a month.
I also get my landline re-directed via Virgin this costs £2 to set up and I get around 600-800 calls a month via this route and the bill is around £130 a month, but this method I am paying for my home phone to call my mobile so the bill is high. Anything other than a freephone or landline number does put people off incuding just advertising a mobile number...

 

[cdodds2004]

problem i have is i have been trading off my landline and mobile number for over 12months and really dont want to lose my land line number so im stuck no not sure what to do! only wanted to move 1/4mile away and its on a diffrent exchange! balls!!


so my thinkin was a 0845 0r o0844 number and mobile and can move these numbers with me were ever i go in the future but im going to lose my original number which means van needs altering, thomson local, local rag, business cards etc etc

 

[Ivor Bates]

You can transfer any number to another service provider for a fixed fee even mobile numbers. Have you spoken to customer services? I moved house 6 years ago from Barking to Dagenham around 5 miles or so. Just told them what I wanted to do and they did it, no problem whatsoever..

 

[cdodds2004]

spoke to bt, they say its around £40 pounds a month to transfer the number to new house, going to speak to a business side of bt 2mora see if the situation is any diffrent,

what happend when you moved house, number on divert? one off payment to move it or?

 

[russ026]

you can move a number but they make you pay

 

[anz]

Instead of getting an 0845 number you could get a local number that you could transfer to any number here.

I've not tried it, just come across it.