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Ask HN: Have you forgone a telephone number with a transition to remote?
I moved to a work from home situation, and in turn gave up having an office telephone number because I don't have or need a desk phone at home, and it is a cost savings for my company to eliminate unused VoIP services. A traditional phone is completely unnecessary for my work with Zoom, Google Voice [1], Signal, etc.
The only downside is so many contact forms even for tech companies insist on a phone number as a required field. I certainly won't supply a personal mobile number, because constant hounding by salespeople is still a thing.
Is anyone else's perspective on a commercial entities that require voice phone numbers being diminished?
[1] I do have a GV number I use for legitimate business contacts, but since it rings to my mobile, its kept close to avoid sales spam, which seems to be getting worse in 2020.