>>Hi,
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>>Could you recommend a VOIP company, for porting my business phone number? For home phone we use Basictalk (VOIP) which works pretty well. But I understand, from reading online reviews, that with Basictalk I would have a limit of 3000 minutes per month. I would prefer not to be limited for business line.
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>>TIA
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>I switched to Voip.ms and have been very pleased.
>https://voip.ms/
>The rates are good, it works reliably.
>$0.85 / mo for each phone number and $.01 / minute for calls.
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>I would not be scared of the per-minute charges.
>I switched our home phone to voip.ms and my wife talks A LOT on the phone - charges are still under $7/month for that home line.
>My 3 business lines are only a couple of bucks per month.
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>My favorite thing about Voip.ms is that they have basic IVR / Call Forwarding / Ring Groups / Voice Mail etc on their web site, I don't need to run an Asterisk server any more.
>(IVR is also called Auto-Attendant)
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>Setting it all up is easy for us geeks.
>If you want to use a desk type phone or cordless phone I love the OBI 202 adapter.
>I have had bad luck with Sipura / Linksys adapters being flaky.
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>I use a software phone on my pc (works anywhere, no adapters needed)
>Just started using Jitsi and X-Lite is good too.
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>With the OBI202 you can also get a FREE TO USE google talk number for direct calls.
>Amazingly, the free google talk number has been 100% reliable.
>The google talk number is more basic, It just does not have as much flexibility as the Voip.ms SIP system.
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>Also, consider using SKYPE, it is just $2.99/mo to make outbound calls and a few bucks more to get an inbound phone number.
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>I am partially deaf, and the voice quality on Skype on a good Sennheiser headset is just better than any traditional or VOIP system.
>I can understand people better on Skype than any other system.
>If you are away from your desk, you can use the Skype app on your phone or have calls forwarded to your cell phone.
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>Good luck in your voip adventures!

Thank you very much for the detailed input.