Porting an Orcon ADSL connection to VOIP?

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openmedia

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#151898 9-Sep-2014 13:01

Ok so my Orcon account is up for renewal shortly. I'm considering a move to VOIP so can I move my home number to VOIP and keep my ADSL account with Orcon? Is there a sensible way to move your phone number to a new provider without causing your internet provider to disconnect you?

I'd prefer not to go with the Genius offering from Orcon as I want to run a real firewall rather than the genuis device, and their calling rates are to high compared with typical voip providers.

Any thoughts / recommendations?

Generally known online as OpenMedia, now working for Red Hat APAC as a Technology Evangelist and Portfolio Architect. Still playing with MythTV and digital media on the side.

lasc

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#1125012 9-Sep-2014 13:20

You dont have to use genius device, I use drytech 120 modem + airport + pap2t.

ubergeeknz

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#1125013 9-Sep-2014 13:22

You can't have ADSL service with us without a phone number unfortunately. And a port request will likely trigger termination of the entire service due to this.

I'd suggest just getting a VoIP service with a new number. If you need to get your calls that come in on your Orcon number, just forward your Orcon number to the new number.

openmedia

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#1125189 9-Sep-2014 17:10

Sadly I need an alternative solution.

I don't want to carry the cost of forwarding all my calls to an alternative number, and I don't want outbound calls on a new number.

My ideal is

Naked Broadband on ADSL/VDSL
Existing phone number ported to VOIP provider

Surely there is a way to do this?

Generally known online as OpenMedia, now working for Red Hat APAC as a Technology Evangelist and Portfolio Architect. Still playing with MythTV and digital media on the side.

FireEngine

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#1125205 9-Sep-2014 17:32

openmedia: Sadly I need an alternative solution.

I don't want to carry the cost of forwarding all my calls to an alternative number, and I don't want outbound calls on a new number. My ideal is

Naked Broadband on ADSL/VDSL
Existing phone number ported to VOIP provider

Surely there is a way to do this?

Have sent you a pm...

Regards FireEngine

dcole13

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#1125228 9-Sep-2014 18:13

lasc: You dont have to use genius device, I use drytech 120 modem + airport + pap2t.

Against the T&Cs but have had less cutouts with Asterisk and a PAP2T

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sbiddle

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#1125245 9-Sep-2014 18:57

Surely since Orcon are effectively selling a Naked product with Genius they could simply allocate you a number for the service and you could port your number elsewhere?

dcole13

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#1125247 9-Sep-2014 19:04

sbiddle: Surely since Orcon are effectively selling a Naked product with Genius they could simply allocate you a number for the service and you could port your number elsewhere?

I asked on Twitter and they said they could, so it must be possible.

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