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VOIP on naked DSL, Can you keep your existing phone number?

FluffyOscar View Member Profile	28/01/2013, 03:59 PM Post #1
Posts: 3,867 Joined: 15-March 09
The fembos go so overboard.
Does anyone use VOIP on naked DSL for their phone calls? If so, did you get to keep the same phone number or did you have to change? My area is finally covered so I am looking to change over. Thanks.

FloralArrangemen... FloralArrangement View Member Profile	28/01/2013, 04:18 PM Post #2
Posts: 6,220 Joined: 17-September 02 From: Adelaide
No more room at the inn
No, new number as VOip suppliers have a group of numbers they allocate and our new number is very different to our old land line number. Landline through exchange etc VOip through internet different process. This post has been edited by FloralArrangement: 28/01/2013, 04:19 PM

~chiquita~ View Member Profile	28/01/2013, 04:32 PM Post #3
Posts: 1,333 Joined: 11-June 10 From: Sydney
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You'll get a new one. Many comment that my home phone number is weird.

galba View Member Profile	28/01/2013, 04:41 PM Post #4
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When people call your new number is it classed as a homeline or a mobile number? Anyone know as we're thinking of swapping over to Naked too.

pumpkinpie04 View Member Profile	28/01/2013, 04:55 PM Post #5
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We were able to keep our number with Exetel.

~chiquita~ View Member Profile	28/01/2013, 05:11 PM Post #6
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QUOTE (pumpkinpie04 @ 28/01/2013, 05:55 PM) We were able to keep our number with Exetel. Really? We were with them a few years back and had to change.

Ella Minnow Pea View Member Profile	28/01/2013, 05:19 PM Post #7
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Sometimes people are able to keep their number, but if they ever want to change back or to another provider they find they have to give up the number.Whirlpool has some info:http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/lnp

SeaPrincess View Member Profile	28/01/2013, 05:31 PM Post #8
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We are on Naked DSL here, so we only have a strange number unrelated to the local exchange. In our old house, we had VOIP, but not on Naked DSL, so we had a normal landline into the house as well, which also meant that if the power went out, we could plug in an old phone and still make calls. BIL is on the same as we had there, so he has a normal landline to the house and we can call him on his old number, when when he calls us, the caller ID is his VOIP number. When people call in, it's a local call.

Gegemite View Member Profile	28/01/2013, 10:44 PM Post #9
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love it, love your flaps
We kept our number with iinet. I just asked and it happened... I didn't realise it was unusual?

Domestic Goddess View Member Profile	28/01/2013, 10:48 PM Post #10
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Fembo, not tart.
QUOTE (pumpkinpie04 @ 28/01/2013, 05:55 PM) We were able to keep our number with Exetel. Really? When was this??? I had to change my number with Exetel and so did my parents. We had to choose a number from the closest major city which happened to be Newcastle 450km South. I too have people telling me that my number is weird.

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