We were one of the last hold-outs. ATT told me they plan to cancel all land lines by October of this year. Here is a little update for those of you who might be in the same position:
I used our 742 number to dial out as my cell phone can be a little spotty. Alas, with all the work ATT did over the holidays on State Park Road, we had dial tone only 6 weeks out of 8. It was fixed once, but went out again. A nice repairman came twice in one day saying he wasn’t able to get us working again. He happened to mention that he noticed in the box down the road that 22 locations in our area were not operational. My guess was that we were the last ones in the neighborhood to finally cancel our 742 land line service.
When I called to cancel, I was told we could keep our number and forward it to my cell. That sounded just fine. They said it would take 2 to 3 days to activate and was $11.00 a month. I waited a few days, called again. They fiddled around with it and said it would now take 5 days and it would roll to my cell. I tried again… no luck. The last time I called, I was on the phone with them for 2 1/2 hours. Apparently they told me I should not have asked to ‘cancel’ our service. Even though the “Forever number” was set up in the same call, that rep cancelled our service first and it would have to be re-activated but now a wait time of 30 days. Soooo… land line number no more.
Do you still have a 742 land line? ATT also said you can have an option for a second phone with your number that works off Wi-Fi for $51.00 a month. It didn’t sound exciting to me to have two phones to keep track of and they promised the same 30 day wait time. If you do plan to keep your number, be sure to not say the word ‘cancel’ during your call.
So, you might want to plan ahead and see how to make phone service work up here with just your cell. Just a tip.
Meanwhile, you can always reach me on my cell!
Bonnie Phelps, Realtor on my ‘Forever Number”:
760-533-1742
Palomar Mountain News 
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