psb182

trying to sign up but my city is not listed......I have to keep my same phone number

fatbrit

They issue you a temporary one while they're porting your old number (they don't charge you for it). There's a shortage of phone numbers in the US.

ImHere

Thats due to them all being 555-5555-xxxx according to hollywood.

ImHere

Number portability. You need to sign the release forms so your old telco will give up your number to them. Takes about 30 days. Pain in the ares yes. Worth it though not to feed the telcos with huge amounts of cash I beleive.

ladylisa

If your telco wont give up your number then what you could do is apply for Lingo to make all your calls. But reduce your landline to a line only to receive calls. Thats what I do, as I didnt want everyone having a new number and my landline is only $13.

psb182

just got my lingo working and it's great......very good reception as good as verizon........will keep my landline for a couple months to see how it works but very impressed $20 per month unlimited calls to the UK

BritGuyTN

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Just got a new modem through comcat - connection issus seem to be fine!!!!!!

will give it a few weeks and if so..... Lingo here I come!!!!

psb182

got a new modem today myself and it works much better than the old sharks fin........used the lingo to call the UK today and the reception was clear as a bell........it will probably save me over $1000 a year

Ray

Still think running that cable to my neighbours outside junction box is the cheapest method ..

CaliforniaBride

Works a treat, but you have to remember to bury the wires.

psb182

question........can you use lingo from a DSL connection?........a friend of mine got verizon dsl and quit comcast

BritGuyTN

yup

BritGuyTN

did you have a terayon modem?

psb182

no got a motorola surf board

Perfumdiva1

I have just (within the last 30 mins) cancelled my Lingo account, and my friend is about to do the same

To start with the reception was great, but as time wore on, calls would just cut out, and the reception to local calls, were just awful, and no dial tone at all sometimes.

Anyway, called Lingo about a month ago to cancel, but they went through a very long process of pressing computer keys, with my husband, and said that the bad reception would no longer exist. But alas, I finally had enough, and called to have it cancelled and Time Warner are now taking over the line.

My phone bills used to be $300 approx per month, so Lingo was the thing for me, but the reception was diabolical, so everyone used to call me on my cell phone, so:

Phone bill = hardly anything
Cell bill= frikkin huge

Time Warner had better be great, or it is "Hello AT&T" again, and huge phone bills

PD1