Chiropractic Practice Case Study

Schaumburg Chiropractor Restores Phone Service in Minutes After Vandalism

Schaumburg, IL | Emergency Response

Minutes

To Restore Service

Zero

Downtime During Port

2

Voice + Fax Lines

The Crisis

Phone Line Vandalized, Carrier Refused Repair

This Schaumburg chiropractic practice was already a VoipPlus customer for their home phone service. When vandals damaged the copper phone line at their practice, they called their traditional phone company expecting a routine repair.

The carrier's response: the repair would be too expensive, and they refused to do it.

For a healthcare practice, this was a disaster:

  • Vandalized phone line left practice unreachable
  • Phone company refused to repair damaged infrastructure
  • Patients couldn't schedule appointments
  • Incoming calls going unanswered
  • No backup plan for phone outages
The Problem
Incident: Phone line vandalism
Carrier Response: Refused repair—too expensive
Traditional Fix Timeline: Days to weeks
Impact: Practice unreachable
Patient Calls: Going unanswered
The Solution

Emergency VoIP Provisioning in Minutes

Because the customer already had VoipPlus home service with an ATA adapter, we were able to provision a second phone number on their existing equipment immediately. Within minutes, they had a working phone line.

How We Solved It:

  1. Provisioned temporary 2nd number on existing home ATA within minutes
  2. Customer forwarded calls from damaged line to temporary VoIP number
  3. Configured spillover routing to cell phone for overflow
  4. Pre-programmed VoIP desk phones and fax adapter
  5. Shipped equipment same-day to practice
  6. Configured cloud PBX with custom call routing
  7. Ported permanent numbers with zero service interruption
The VoipPlus Response
Temporary Line Setup: Minutes
Equipment Shipped: Same day
Phones Pre-Configured: Yes—plug and play
Fax Adapter Included: Yes (T.38)
Cloud PBX Setup: Custom configured
Number Porting: Zero downtime
The Timeline

From Crisis to Full Resolution

Phase Action Timeline
Day 1 Phone line vandalized, carrier refuses repair Crisis begins
Hour 1 Customer contacts VoipPlus Immediate response
Minutes Later Temporary number provisioned on existing home ATA Service restored
Same Day Call forwarding from damaged line activated Patients can reach practice
Same Day VoIP phones and fax adapter shipped Equipment en route
Days 2-3 Equipment arrives, plug-and-play installation Full phone system operational
Days 7-10 Original numbers port to VoipPlus Zero downtime transition
The Result

Better Than Before the Vandalism

Rapid Response

Service restored in minutes, not days or weeks

Cell Failover

Overflow calls route to cell phone automatically

Fax Over IP

T.38 fax adapter for HIPAA-compliant patient records

Cloud PBX

Professional call routing and voicemail

Plug and Play

Pre-configured phones—just connect to internet

Seamless Porting

Original numbers transferred with zero downtime

"When the phone company said they wouldn't fix our line, I thought we'd be without phones for weeks. VoipPlus had us taking calls again within the hour. By the time our numbers ported over, the new phones were already set up and working. Our patients never knew anything happened."

Why VoIP Beats Traditional Phone Lines

Scenario Traditional Landline VoipPlus VoIP
Physical line damaged Wait for carrier repair (days/weeks) Route calls to any internet connection
Carrier refuses service Find new carrier, install new lines Already have service—add lines instantly
Need temporary number Order new line, wait for installation Provision in minutes via web portal
Relocate office Cancel and reorder service Take your phones—same numbers work anywhere
Add fax line Order second copper line Add T.38 fax to existing internet

Don't Wait for a Crisis to Switch to VoIP

Get reliable, flexible phone service that works even when copper lines don't.

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