[serene911]

This may or may not help. I had the same phone number on a hard line for 40 years.
That number was on all my business cards and marketing material. It was a home line
but also used for business. When I closed my account with the local phone company to go
all cellular I did not want to lose that hardline number. Too many clients had the original
number and I did not want them calling and getting a disconnect message, thinking I
was out out business. My cell phone was with Verizon. They sent me a unit that plugs
into a wall receptacle. Voip ? I have a regular traditional phone that plugs into the unit.
Was able to keep the original old number. I just call forwarded that number to my cell
phone. If anyone who has had my number over the last 40 years calls it automatically
goes to my current cell #. Problem solved. I rarely use the traditional phone but could
if I wanted to. Works fine for me.