1-800 numbers - Where to get one?

[novon]

I was wondering if there is such a service where you can buy a 1-800 number and change the local number it redirects to, I want to move around buy I don't want my number to change. Otherwise, where is a good 1-800 number service?

thanks!

 

[konichiwa]

You know that you have to pay for every call that is made to you via the 800 number? At least that's the way it worked the last time I checked. I think your local phone company will set you up with one.

 

[novon]

wow...that crow icon is spooky!

 

[kranky]

I have a toll-free number through the long distance company I use - Americom. It's 8.9 cents a minute. The only downside is you tend to get a lot of "wrong numbers" - people trying to call some business who get flustered when you just say "Hello" and then they hang up. But those only cost a couple of pennies, though. And if by chance you ever get pestered by someone abusing your toll-free number, the phone number of everyone who calls it is listed on the bill, so you can exact your revenge if necessary.

I don't know why you couldn't redirect it to another number if you moved.