{"id":7,"date":"2014-09-17T10:44:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T17:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2026-04-11T03:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T10:27:45","slug":"port-your-number-and-save-your-sanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/port-your-number-and-save-your-sanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Your Number and Save Your Sanity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our home phone had become dramatically less and less important to our daily lives. With the advent of smartphones and nationwide cell phone coverage it slowly became a dinosaur living in a 21st century world. Loved for many years but quietly replaced by individual cell numbers, our home number was reduced to simply being a contact number you put on applications for grocery store rewards, frequent shopper cards and online services.<\/p>\n

Over the past few years, rarely did our phone ring with a legitimate call needing to be answered. No friends, no family and not any calls with real importance to our busy schedules. Those calls already go to our mobile phones. Oh we did get calls, but after 12 years let\u2019s just say we made it on many marketing lists. All we get is telemarketing calls!
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I thought about canceling our home phone many times. Many times. But what about all the schools, services, programs and cards that I have signed up for over the past 12 years! I didn\u2019t want to lose my number and have to notify every legitimate organization that my number has changed. Heck, most of them I\u2019ve forgotten about. But even worse, I didn\u2019t want to start getting those telemarketing calls on my cell phone!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve worked in the telecommunications industry for over 7 years and you\u2019d think I would have taken care of this problem long ago. \u201cPort your number,\u201d they\u2019d say. What the heck is porting? I was nervous and unsure about porting my phone number to another company and setting up some sort of service to keep my number and rescue me from all the telemarketing calls. That\u2019s where NumberBarn comes in.<\/p>\n

\"Port<\/p>\n

I recently transferred (or ported. That\u2019s what it means.) my phone number to NumberBarn<\/a> and setup the \u201cPark\u201d service<\/a>. For $s a month anyone calling my old home number gets my pre-recorded custom message<\/a> notifying them that I am no longer using this number and to call me on my cell phone. That\u2019s it. Only $2 a month. I\u2019m already saving over $40 a month by canceling my old phone service! And the number port only took 5 days. So now my number is safe, still mine and telemarketers can\u2019t leave a voicemail! I can still see the logs for everyone who called my number and can always call them back should I need to. The other great part is that anyone can send me a text message. I can also reply from my landline.<\/p>\n

I can recite my home phone number on command without even thinking about it. It\u2019s hard to drop a 12 year old habit. Porting my number<\/a> to NumberBarn has made sure I don\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n

Check out our step by step guide on how to port your number to NumberBarn<\/a>\u00a0for instructions on how to bring your number to the Barn.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re\u00a0NumberBarn<\/a>, we take phone numbers very seriously. But, we also like to have a little fun. To learn more about us, visit\u00a0NumberBarn.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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