[cayman]

I got *really* tired of not getting incoming BV calls and noticed that someone at DSLreports wrote about swapping a GLBX# and replacing it with a non-GLBX#. Here's a copy of my reply from there, in the hopes that this might helps some who are struggling with incoming being totally cutoff by the great GLBX disaster:

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Thanks for the idea. I just dropped one of my alternates in 818 (it was a GLBX) and signed up for a new 818 alternate which is an XO#. The old# was not working for incoming the last I checked, and the new # worked OK for incoming.

I noticed on the couple different areacode/exhanges that I checked, that the old GLBX # which I knew were there just the other day are no longer available. Looks to me like BV pulled GLBX #s from the signup system.

All of this seems consistent with what I had learned earlier, sure wish I had thought to act on it yesterday but who whould think that this would continue on forever ... BTW: I wouldn't worry too much about them waiving the setup fee if you do a triage repair like this yourself. They would be absolutely insane not to waive it in these cirumstances.

Keeping my fingers crossed that my alternate will work. I'd do the same for my primary but I first have to unlink a RCF (Remote Call Forwarding) arrangement before I do that.

Thanks again,
- Don

ps: I'm gonna be really pissed if we find out that this was not a technical issue but some sort of pissing contest between vendors ... sure hope its not as it would be extremely bad for VOIP overall.

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I originally thought my new alternate was an XO but it's really another carrier: O1 ... however this apparently has now given me incoming call capability even though my primary, my RCF and my BV-toll-free still do NOT work for incoming.