Tech fixes · Phones, Calls & Texting

# Phone Company Retiring Your Business Landline? How to Switch Without Losing Your Number

Phone companies are retiring old copper landlines. List every line and what’s connected to it, keep your numbers by porting them to a VoIP or wireless service, and arrange replacements for alarm, fax, elevator and card-terminal lines before the cutoff date.

Also searched as: copper landline retirement · POTS line replacement · phone company discontinuing landline service · switch landline to VoIP

- **Starting price:** From $250

- **Where:** Remote, anywhere in the U.S.

- **Quote:** Fixed price before work starts

## Try this first

- List every phone line, its number and what’s connected to it
- Decide which numbers to keep and port
- Choose a VoIP or wireless replacement for voice lines
- Ask your alarm, elevator and fax vendors about their replacements
- Port the numbers and test calls before the deadline
- Cancel the old lines only after everything works

Common causes

- A retirement notice from your phone company
- Rising prices for old landlines
- Alarms, fax machines, elevators and card terminals tied to phone lines
- Not knowing which lines are still in use

## When it’s more than a quick fix

If lines run life-safety equipment like alarms or elevators, coordinate with those vendors early, since their replacements can take longer.

### How we fix it remotely

We inventory your lines, move your numbers to a modern phone system, set up call routing and voicemail and coordinate the cutover.

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- [Missing Business Calls? How to Answer Every Call Without Hiring a Receptionist](https://wisconsintechshop.com/guides/stop-missing-business-calls/)

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## How a remote fix works

1. **Tell us what’s happening:** Two minutes with the form on this page. No account needed.
2. **Get a fixed price:** A personal reply within one business day, with the price agreed before any work starts.
3. **We fix it remotely:** You approve access, follow progress and pay in your private client portal.

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## Questions

### Can I keep my business phone number?

Yes. Numbers can almost always be ported to a new provider.

### Will my fax machine still work?

Often not reliably over VoIP. An online fax service is usually the better replacement.

### Can you fix this remotely?

We inventory your lines, move your numbers to a modern phone system, set up call routing and voicemail and coordinate the cutover.

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