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Choosing your phone number....

jetclipperdanny

Jun 21, 2007, 12:06 PM
Hi all!

I'm looking to switch to ATT and I was curious if it is some how possible to choose the last 4 digits of your phone number.

Are there any carriers that allow this?
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longsleeves

Jun 21, 2007, 1:38 PM
I don't know if any do but the new at&t doesn't, the old AT&T wireless used to offer vanity numbers but that is now gone.
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rawmustard

Jun 21, 2007, 2:58 PM
jetclipperdanny said:
Are there any carriers that allow this?

I know Centennial allowed me to choose my number when I bought my first phone with them in 2002. (Of course, I ported my number to Nextel when I went with them two years later.) As I recall, I picked the last four digits (1456) based on a double mnemonic. ('1' then across the middle row, plus 14 times 4 makes 56). Since a majority of those who call me do so from cell phones, it seems that the mnemonics aren't really needed, but I thought it was cool at the time. Incidentally, I could've picked a Coldwater number (which woul've been local to where I was living at the time) from the Battle Creek store, but I stuck with the area code which encomp...
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Branson_Cingular

Jun 21, 2007, 3:01 PM
I always let my customer pick there number from a generated list. It normally list about 4 of them. Or I can type in there number they want and see if it's available.
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chainsaw

Jun 21, 2007, 3:32 PM
I know that the system we use in our market allows us to choose! Its quite handy.
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Tha Wire-la

Jun 21, 2007, 7:06 PM
which market? care or telegence?
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chainsaw

Jun 21, 2007, 7:35 PM
I think it is telegence we use posII
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Branson_Cingular

Jun 22, 2007, 10:31 AM
Yeah Telegence here to POS2 in the Midwest Region.
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thickjake

Jun 21, 2007, 7:28 PM
OPUS in a telegence market will allow you to choose...

loose translation - a company owned store in a former SBC market (PACBELL,SouthwesternBell,Ameritech,etc)

not sure about CARE (Bellsouth) or POS I or II (agents)
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colione112

Jun 22, 2007, 12:51 AM
You can choose your number from an available list of numbers, but it really depends on the rep you get in the store...
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Branson_Cingular

Jun 22, 2007, 10:32 AM
Exactly, Depends if the store has people waiting.
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colione112

Jun 22, 2007, 10:36 AM
And if you getting features/accessories to make the employee feel generous.

I do it quite often simply to go that extra step in order to build the relationship with the customer. Most of the time customers remember you going that extra step and will come back to you when they need something.
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