Bringing back land lines (e.g 012016666) and more

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A phone number is just a phone number, until it starts to look like 08033000000. Who wouldn’t want an easy to remember, beautiful on the eyes number like that, however, my post today is not about beautiful GSM numbers.

Landlines are practically dead :sob:. The last hope for the landline was the CDMA provider, Visafone which was consumed WHOLE by MTN.

There are a few active lines here and there but it seems like it’s only the big boys that can afford - or still care to own one. Companies like Shoprite, Lagos Airport Hotel, Park’n’shop, Tantilizers, Sheraton etc. still maintain their landlines.

Is there any benefit the landline offers an entrepreneur or budding business, besides being just a land line? I’d say it depends.

Even in 2017, customers still associate having a landline with “established business” or “e nor fit run business.” So, maybe having a landline can be an image/rep booster…maybe.

I paid 200 Naira for a SIM card a few days ago - I actually didn’t need the line, I just needed the SIM cut so I could use it as an adapter for my micro SIM. 200 Naira. So which small business owner would in his right mind pay nearly 100K to have a landline, when he can make and receive calls with his GSM “MOBILE” phone?

Remember, a phone line is just a phone line…and today it’s FREE to get one, unless you want a landline.

So what if landlines were readily available, affordable and reliable - in fact, more reliable than your mobile phone?

What if it came with short and beautiful landline numbers?
What if a call to your landline could ring multiple mobile numbers at a time ensuring you never miss a sale opportunity?
What if you got a missed call notification whenever none of your destinations pick up a call?
What if you had access to the logs of all calls made to your landline number?
What if the calls from marketers/robocalls never reach your mobile phones again?

Landlines were never meant to do this and more, but we at BusinessPhonenNG have set out on a journey to bring businesses the best Virtual landline service.

Yawwwns We just return but we go soon dey move. We jus wan infom you sey make u shaparly go reserve your own number for https://businessphone.com.ng before another sharp guy or babe pick am. :wink:

My number is 012016666…what’s yours?

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044-662071 (044-is code for Benue)

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@eaweb indeed, that’s Makurdi. http://www.ncc.gov.ng/technology/standards/numbering#area-codes-by-zone-primary-centre
Was that your home phone number…seeing that you recalled it at a snap?

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Yes! I was only 14 then. And please not exactly Makurdi, that was my landline at Otukpo.

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Are you the marketing guy? No = Good, Yes = Bad
I almost lost it reading through your writep. Nice concept, find a good marking partner!

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Wow! I just tried calling the number and all I got was “number does not exist”
I just wished the powers that be won’t keep destroying those things that (almost) define our culture.

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I’m not…and from your feedback, I’m glad I’m not. :smile:
Will do.
012015151 will look good on priceslash.ng. The ones (1s) look like they’re slashing through the numbers.
Quickly pick it sir before someone else does.

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052 257233.

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052, Warri. Same thing…does not exist. :sob:

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Benin actually. Being a while

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Yea I can imagine it’s been a while, but landlines do not deserve to be “terminated” just like that.
I’m sure every member on radar will have one nostalgic memory about their landline - or that of the neighbour.

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@dedayoa nice idea, i have actually thought about this in the past, but couldn’t figure out a good business or marketing strategy that will make people wanna try using a landline back again in Nigeria. The only thing i thought of then, was making the landline internet enabled like the good old days you just remove the cable and plug into your laptop, the monthly bills will be very low that people wont see it as an expensive alternative to their mobile phones but additional low cost jara on their call and internet uses.
firstly, it will serve the purpose of having a telephone with which you can call cheaply for longer hours at home / Office.
secondly the fact that you can also browse through the same line or phone jack cheaply , it might not be as fast as 4g / broadband or whatever technology is making waves right now but can be used to do decent work both at home and office.
if you notice people overseas still have a landline at home despite the growing number of smartphones in the market today. so i wonder what exactly makes our market ,user behavior different that made us forget totally about landline the moment gsm came, aside the fact that gsm is very mobile friendly, everywhere you go.i just keep wandering what exactly happened. i stand to be enlightened though.

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Thanks @GbMillz
This service you describe, how would it work without the backing of a telco? You mention it would be capable of doing both voice and data, right?
You see, Nigeria is a complicated country and we have not been able to gain mastery of our diversity. The “white man” did not kill NITEL, people’s fathers, mothers and brothers of Nigerian origin did.
We see it all around us, once it looks like “cake” we laugh together - momentarily, and share…but once it looks like work, we start to draw lines.
Nigerians love and desire working landlines - ask any Nigerian born as early as early to mid-90s. Millennials probably won’t have an idea why a landline matters.

The traditional landline as we knew it will probably never make a come back due to negative social factors (omo adugbos will just wait till roll-out to roll away all the cables) and technological improvements (FTTH, VoIP etc) - and really, it shouldn’t.

Smartphones are really no replacement for cabled services; but we live in Nigeria where the river drinks the horse to force!

I think in summary, we’ll continue to pay for the sins and failings of our fathers and unless this generation of Nigerians unite to build, the generation after will also wonder “what happend?!”.

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Nice product with potentials truly.
Waiting for smart and productive ways/reasons to use it though

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i thought bringing in an already established telco from china, uk or anywhere overseas who can really bring new and better offerings to nigerians might make sense…though i had no contacts or network that might help get the idea across to a potential investor/telco.

you have made valid points, and its one of our major problems in Nigeria, too many godfathers, baba isale’s etc that are only concerned about their pockets remember the story of econet? lot of bad leader stuff.[quote=“dedayoa, post:13, topic:13493”]
I think in summary, we’ll continue to pay for the sins and failings of our fathers and unless this generation of Nigerians unite to build, the generation after will also wonder “what happend?!”
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but i think with time things will get better, infact things are getting better, we will start up businesses that will not be influenced by the so called leaders or government in general. goodluck!

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Thanks @GbMillz. We will prevail.

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