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    • How to Keep a Home Phone Number

      Telephone number portability allows consumers to transfer service from one communications company to another without changing their phone numbers. Cell phone users have been doing this for years when they change carriers. Home phone users switching to a competing landline carrier use the same technology. Whether you have decided to... more »

    • How to Use Call Forwarding on Your Home Phone

      If you're expecting an important call on your home phone line, but won't be there to answer it, call forwarding is just the thing for you. With call forwarding enabled on your home phone you can send the call to another land line or to your cell phone instead. Let call forwarding keep you from ever missing another call. more »

    • What Is a Pingo?

      Pingo is a type of calling card that allows you to make both international and domestic calls at the best rate possible. If you're thinking about purchasing a Pingo card and are curious what makes it different from other similar calling cards here are some basic facts about the service that will make you a Pingo expert in no time. more »

    • How to Port a Home Number to a Cell Phone

      Ever wonder if you could get a cell phone number with an exchange people already recognize? Bet you did not know you could transfer or "port" your home phone number right to your current cell phone. This is exceptional in boosting business if you use a cell phone and want a "locally recognized" number. more »

    • How to Use Home Fax Machines

      One of the greatest inventions in recent history is the fax machine. This machine allows a person to send a document over the telephone lines to someone else's machine anywhere around the world. The word fax comes from the Latin word facsimile, which means "make a copy." Fax machines became readily available in the 1970s, yet it... more »

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