I am no expert on this but I was in a similar situation the phone company did not have DSL and no cable was avalible. I went to Dish Network and signed up to a VOIP service. I had no problems. But you do need to keep your computer on in a situation like mine. All phone calls were logged on the computer along with voice mail services. I don’t use the services any more just cell phones. You do get to select the area code you want to use but the actual number to your phone is assigned. And you can change the area code if you move.