[PLUG] VoIP question

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

"Back in the day" the #1 reason people got "business lines" was to get a
listing and advert in the Yellow Pages.

When I first setup Portlandia IT, I spent a lot of time in 2011 chasing down
a Yellow Pages salesperson and paid $200 for a little 2x3in advert in the
YP.  I assumed it would go into the "computer" section where many other IT
consulting firms went into - alas it went into a "new" group in the YP
labeled "IT consulting" or some such.  Of course, starting Portlandia in
April I had to wait 9 months for my advert to appear.

I eagerly awaited my phone ringing off the wall in January of the following
year.  Nothing.

During successive years I'd ask people if they saw my advert in YP.  Nope.

About 3 years after starting the business I found it impossible to find a
yellow pages salesperson.  I let the advert lapse.

A few years later they stopped distributing stacks of Yellow Pages.

I ended up about 5 years ago completely cancelling my business lines, and
ordering multiple residential lines (into the same address - which the phone
company didn't seem to care one way or another about) and then changed the
business number to one of the residential line numbers.

Party was over.

Ted

-----Original Message-----
From: PLUG <plug-bounces at lists.pdxlinux.org> On Behalf Of Rich Shepard
Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2025 5:26 AM
To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] VoIP question

On Wed, 5 Feb 2025, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:

> Hand's down the easiest way to preserve a "residential landline" is to 
> go to https://www.vonageforhome.com/

Ted,

My Ziply account is a business account, not a residential one.

Thanks,

Rich