How do I cancel an AT&T phone?

How can I cancel my land line phone service and keep the phone number?

• I would like to cancel my land line phone service with Comcast and use only my cell phone. However, I'd like to keep the land line number and have it call forwarded to my cell phone for business reasons. Right now, I'm paying about $600/yr for phone service with Comcast. I'd think that parking the number somewhere and just having it call forwarded to a cell phone would be much cheaper. How can I do this?

• Answer:

  Before you disconnect the Comcast number, you need to sign up with a different carrier and PORT the number to them. It can be someone that has Remote Call Forwarding, or just an incoming VoIP line with call forwarding. Ooma, Phone Power, or just about anyone will let you do that. In Ooma's case, it may cost you about $300 for a one-time charge and that's about all you'll pay, except for a $5 or so monthly fee for taxes and the like. Phone power would weigh in at about $15 a month or you can prepay 2 years in advance for the same $250.