Don't Back Down

Posted by Chad Everett on March 2, 2005

Wrestling with Vonage »

I recently decided to add a second line to my Vonage service. It was amazingly painless. Less than 30 minutes after ordering on the web site, I saw the second light flicker on my phone adapter and the service was active. Sweetness indeed. They even had a number in a local Charlotte exchange.

So then I decided it was time for me to switch my home number (Bellsouth) to Vonage. Seems painless enough, right? The guy had told me to just download a form and send it in. Easy as pie. Except... the form doesn't have a spot to indicate which line to switch. And I didn't want to switch my newly minted Charlotte number, which not only is in a local exchange, it's actually a heck of a lot nicer (easier to remember) than the other one.

That lead me to call Vonage. I would very much like to not do that again. The service is great. The lady I got on the phone was very nice. But it was a long call. Nearly an hour, with the first 15 minutes or so spent on hold. Once I got Sharon on the phone, it was a task explaining what I wanted to do. You'd think it would be simple.

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Posted by Chad Everett on March 2, 2005

Sorry for the Delays »

Apparently at some point in the last day or two my email notifications stopped, well, notifying me. So I haven't kept up on things very well. I'll look into that tomorrow. In the meantime, I hope everything is cleaned up. Let me know if you see any problems.