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Transfer a Number: How the Port Away Plan Works

Just passing through? We’ll help you make sure you’re on the right track with NumberBarn’s port away plan. Perhaps you’ve just found the perfect, catchy new vanity number for your brand or business, or you’re exploring how to get a second number or alternate number. Maybe you’ve stored your number with the Barn for a […]

By The Numbers

2026 Study: Debt Collection Calls Continue to Surge In These US States and Cities

Debt collection calls are surging across America. As financial pressures continue to weigh on many Americans, some states and cities are seeing triple-digit increases in debt collection complaints compared to the year before. To better understand where consumers are facing the most debt collection calls, NumberBarn, a phone number management company and marketplace, analyzed the […]

General

20 Ways to Build Your Small Business Communications

As a new small business, setting up your communications can feel daunting. From getting a business number to launching your website, you can get the basics of your business communications running perhaps quicker than you think.

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Left on Read: Study Reveals America’s Most Unreachable Cities

Despite feeling constantly connected, Americans are routinely letting calls go to voicemail, leaving text messages on read, or ignoring incoming calls altogether. Meanwhile, spam calls, robocalls, and promotional texts have made people more selective about who they answer and when they respond. In order to understand how phone avoidant people truly are, NumberBarn surveyed Americans […]

Customer Service

5 Burning CX Questions from the Reuters Customer Service & Experience West 2026

The Reuters Customer Service and Experience West conference made a return trip to San Diego, California on April 21 and 22 and I was privileged to attend with a couple of my NumberBarn colleagues. As far as conferences go, it was a fairly intimate gathering with a few hundred contact center and customer experience (CX) […]

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Seattle Area Codes: 206, 425, 253 & Neighborhood Guide

Seattle didn’t end up with multiple area codes overnight. It just… kept growing. Tech companies moved in. Startups followed. People showed up from everywhere. And eventually, so did more phones than one area code could handle. (Yes, this is a story about phone numbers. Stay with me.) Today, Seattle uses three main area codes: 206, […]

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2026 Survey Reveals Phone Costs Are Rising Again in Canada, Despite Official Reports

After years of declining prices, mobile phone costs in Canada are starting to rise again. A new nationwide survey of Canadians from NumberBarn finds that costs are increasing for many households, while confusion around pricing remains widespread. While Statistics Canada’s Cellular Services Price Index has shown reported mobile prices falling for years, six in 10 […]

Transfer a Number: How the Port Away Plan Works

Transfer a Number: How the Port Away Plan Works

2026 Study: Debt Collection Calls Continue to Surge In These US States and Cities

20 Ways to Build Your Small Business Communications

Left on Read: Study Reveals America’s Most Unreachable Cities

5 Burning CX Questions from the Reuters Customer Service & Experience West 2026

Seattle Area Codes: 206, 425, 253 & Neighborhood Guide

2026 Survey Reveals Phone Costs Are Rising Again in Canada, Despite Official Reports

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