Positive Experience: Number Porting Complete
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 4:03 pm
12/03: Started port request.
12/04: Received an email confirming work order, given completion date of 12/18.
12/18: Received completion email of number ported.
Started receiving Caller ID / Call waiting features on my phone number (had it disabled from old phone co prior to port).
2 weeks to finish porting and so far so good, haven't noticed any problems other users reported after porting yet.
My phone lines within my house remains active on Cox. I still get a dial tone and I can still dial out from it. However, I cannot receive phone calls on this line... Meaning it is an unassociated line without a phone number, which is good... Called up Cox, I guess they won't officially turn off my phone service until January 4th. Way to milk some money out of me before i ditch them huh?...
So just incase I went to the Cox box and disconnected the house line from their box. I now have no dialtone on my house wires. Hooked up my Ooma back to it, everything on it and my scout working fine.
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And just for giggles, I hooked up Ooma only to the internet, nothing to the house phone wiring. I can receive and make phone calls... Sweet.
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Another thing I noticed now too is, there is no longer a ring delay before the Ooma hub rings. This might be due to having integrated landline before which would ring, then gets handled by the Hub?
All I know is before if I call the house number from my cell, the HUB would ring on the 2nd ring.
After the port, it is ringing almost immediately on the 1st ring.
12/04: Received an email confirming work order, given completion date of 12/18.
12/18: Received completion email of number ported.
Started receiving Caller ID / Call waiting features on my phone number (had it disabled from old phone co prior to port).
2 weeks to finish porting and so far so good, haven't noticed any problems other users reported after porting yet.
My phone lines within my house remains active on Cox. I still get a dial tone and I can still dial out from it. However, I cannot receive phone calls on this line... Meaning it is an unassociated line without a phone number, which is good... Called up Cox, I guess they won't officially turn off my phone service until January 4th. Way to milk some money out of me before i ditch them huh?...
So just incase I went to the Cox box and disconnected the house line from their box. I now have no dialtone on my house wires. Hooked up my Ooma back to it, everything on it and my scout working fine.
--------------
And just for giggles, I hooked up Ooma only to the internet, nothing to the house phone wiring. I can receive and make phone calls... Sweet.
--------------
Another thing I noticed now too is, there is no longer a ring delay before the Ooma hub rings. This might be due to having integrated landline before which would ring, then gets handled by the Hub?
All I know is before if I call the house number from my cell, the HUB would ring on the 2nd ring.
After the port, it is ringing almost immediately on the 1st ring.