"Back in the day" the #1 reason people got "business lines" was to get a listing and advert in the Yellow Pages.
When I first setup Portlandia IT, I spent a lot of time in 2011 chasing down a Yellow Pages salesperson and paid $200 for a little 2x3in advert in the YP. I assumed it would go into the "computer" section where many other IT consulting firms went into - alas it went into a "new" group in the YP labeled "IT consulting" or some such. Of course, starting Portlandia in April I had to wait 9 months for my advert to appear. I eagerly awaited my phone ringing off the wall in January of the following year. Nothing. During successive years I'd ask people if they saw my advert in YP. Nope. About 3 years after starting the business I found it impossible to find a yellow pages salesperson. I let the advert lapse. A few years later they stopped distributing stacks of Yellow Pages. I ended up about 5 years ago completely cancelling my business lines, and ordering multiple residential lines (into the same address - which the phone company didn't seem to care one way or another about) and then changed the business number to one of the residential line numbers. Party was over. Ted -----Original Message----- From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rich Shepard Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2025 5:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PLUG] VoIP question On Wed, 5 Feb 2025, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Hand's down the easiest way to preserve a "residential landline" is to > go to https://www.vonageforhome.com/ Ted, My Ziply account is a business account, not a residential one. Thanks, Rich
