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While I had my business I had Verizon as my original local provider. Since I started out home-based, I had two lines (remaining from from the old Cellar days actually!), one for voice and one for fax, and they were residential. I moved to an office, added more lines and changed them to business lines.
Their rate for business service was outrageous, and I found out that AT&T was offering local service in the area. So I switched to AT&T, where I got a monthly $49.95 surcharge but very good rates for calling. That was a much cheaper solution.
Then my business died, and I called AT&T to have them move the lines to my house again and switch to residential. But that proved too much for them. For one thing, they didn't offer residential service in my area.
Consider that the office is 1000 feet from my house, and that the exchange is the same although it's a different post office.
I had to switch back to Verizon, THEN move the lines, and then switch them to residential.
But I bring this up because I'm not sure why I could get service from AT&T in the first place. I have never switched exchanges or COs, so why could I have a different provider?
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