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| - | ====== Migrating to Digital Voice (VoIP) | + | ====== Migrating |
| When migrating from older analog telephone service to newer VoIP service, there are various issues to consider **before canceling your old account**. | When migrating from older analog telephone service to newer VoIP service, there are various issues to consider **before canceling your old account**. | ||
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| **Do not cancel your old phone service until all your important phone numbers have been completely ported** from your old service provider to the new digital service. | **Do not cancel your old phone service until all your important phone numbers have been completely ported** from your old service provider to the new digital service. | ||
| - | You might permanently lose important phone numbers (DIDs) if the old service gets cancelled before the ports complete. | + | * You might permanently lose important phone numbers (DIDs) if the old service gets cancelled before the ports complete. |
| ===== Fax Service ===== | ===== Fax Service ===== | ||
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| **Do not cancel your old phone service until all your important fax numbers have been completely ported** from your old service provider to the new digital service. | **Do not cancel your old phone service until all your important fax numbers have been completely ported** from your old service provider to the new digital service. | ||
| - | Fax does not work well with VoIP. | + | * Fax does not work well with VoIP. |
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| - | We offer our vFAX service to replace the old fax service. | + | |
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| - | Almost everyone will save money with vFAX compared to analog fax service. | + | |
| ===== Security Alarm Monitoring ===== | ===== Security Alarm Monitoring ===== | ||
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| **Do not cancel your old phone service until you have confirmed that your security alarm monitoring service is using ' | **Do not cancel your old phone service until you have confirmed that your security alarm monitoring service is using ' | ||
| - | Most new security alarm monitoring services use ' | + | * Most new security alarm monitoring services use ' |
| + | * Older installations often use an analog phone line and must be converted to ' | ||
| ===== Credit Card Processing ===== | ===== Credit Card Processing ===== | ||
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| **Do not cancel your old phone service until you have confirmed that your credit card processing terminals will function properly without an analog phone line.** | **Do not cancel your old phone service until you have confirmed that your credit card processing terminals will function properly without an analog phone line.** | ||
| - | If you need to replace a credit card processing terminal, consider upgrading to a faster, simpler, Internet-connected (networked) service. | + | * If you need to replace a credit card processing terminal, consider upgrading to a faster, simpler, Internet-connected (networked) service. |
| ===== Postage Machines ===== | ===== Postage Machines ===== | ||
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| **Do not cancel your old phone service until you have confirmed that your postage machine will function properly without an analog phone line.** | **Do not cancel your old phone service until you have confirmed that your postage machine will function properly without an analog phone line.** | ||
| - | Most newer postage machines support Ethernet network connections, | + | * Most newer postage machines support Ethernet network connections, |
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| - | Many lower-priced postage machines require a networking add-on, but some of them must be replaced with a network-capable model. | + | * Some lower-priced postage machines |
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