So, we have a bunch of phone lines. Brian’s business, the FAX, the home line and the number for lvdesigns. And our cell phones.
The lvdesigns’ line gets maybe two calls a month. Mostly wrong numbers. I’ve thought about getting rid of it, but there are all of those cards I had printed up…. So, I got a magicJack and figured I’d just have the number switched (ported) over there. Did some checking and their porting is still in BETA testing. Well, I figured I wanted to be ready when it started so I went ahead and got the magicJack. Got it all set up. And as long as the computer is on, it works like a charm.
But I’m still paying $22 a month for a phone line that gets maybe two calls a month. I did a little research and today, found a website for phone service that is really cheap. callcentric.com. I set up an account, was assigned a phone number, and put money into an account (just ten bucks) to pay for the per-minute charge. It’s .015 per minute. A penny and a half. If you have the call forwarded, it’s an additional .015 cents per minute. Three cents a minute. Plus the $1.95 monthly fee.
I tried it. I tried forwarding a call to that number and it rang through to the magicJack number. Yay! It works!
So, then I went to the area about porting numbers to them and filled out all of the paperwork. There will be a one time set-up fee of $25.00, then I’ll just be charged the monthly $1.95 and per call charge. And if the computer isn’t on, it will go to voice mail and I can return calls via the magicJack. Which doesn’t cost anything above the yearly twenty bucks (less because I paid for five years in advance). And if magicJack ever does get their act together and have porting capability, I’ll move it over there and cancel the callcentric account.
This will save over $200.00 a year!
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