Most of us are switching to other phone service provider hoping that we will gain monetary convenience, but most of the time switching phone providers can cause big trouble for us especially if you are transferring a number form your existing landline provider to you r new phone company which happens to be VOIP. To avoid any problem in the future, follow some important instructions to successfully transfer your number.

Make sure that your phone number is active. Any disconnected number could not be transferred. Before you call your current phone company to cancel or disconnect your account with them, make sure you already called your new VOIP phone company and authorized the number transfer process. The porting out of phone number could take anywhere to two weeks. Nothing needs to be done these days as your phone will still to work with your current phone company so you never have to worry a day with out a phone. The only time that your phone line with your current phone company gets disconnected is when the number transfer process is complete.

However, if you have DSL internet before you authorize the number transfer process, check if your number is associated or connected to your DSL connection. You will likely have Associated DSL if you only have one phone line at home. Most DSL would require a phone line to work, so if you only have one line at home, most likely your DSL connection is supported with this line. If you transfer your number, then the number will be disconnected which will lead to disconnection of your DSL internet also. This is something you don’t want to happen since your new VOIP phone would require you to have internet for the phone to work.

So, after checking if your line is connected to your DSL internet, do not transfer the number yet, make sure first that your DSL internet provider could give you a Stand Alone DSL Internet Service. This is the type of DSL internet that will not require phone line at all. If your ISP (internet service provider? Could not provide you Stand Alone DSL, then you can just get the BASIC Line with them, just enough to support the internet. This will likely cost less than 20% of the regular bill. Most phone companies call it Bare-bone package or Naked DSL. The phone line that is connected to your DSL is just for incoming call only.

If you’re not comfortable of the idea of using the same DSL internet connection, and you want to drop everything you had with the current company as you switched your phone to VOIP, then you can consider getting cable internet. This way it will not require phone line anymore so you are free to transfer the number with out worrying that your DSL connection will be disconnected. Just make sure that you already set up your new internet before the number transfer is complete and the lines (internet and phone) get disconnected.

The most important thing in transferring the number is checking that you will still be able to use the phone once the number transfer is complete. Making sure that you will still have your internet connection up and running. Whether you are getting new internet or keeping your DSL internet with your current company is not an issue. Just make sure to have your phone number active still before switching it over.