Birch Communications VL

alias: Fusion Connect

VOIP Service Group: Fusion Connect

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At a glance

Active numbers
20,295
#126 of 481
Change over 4 years
-13,678
-40.3% · #126 of 156
Opportunism Index
0.69%
#74 of 228
Vanity matches
17.2%
#121 of 201
Median inventory age
32 mo
2.7 years since last change
#108 of 201 oldest
Sub-codes in use
2
VLK01, VLK99

Inventory by NPA

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By status

  • WORKING 20,141 · 99.3%
  • DISCONN 135 · 0.7%
  • TRANSIT 5 · 0.0%

Inventory age buckets

  • < 1 month 1 · 0.0%
  • 1–3 months 319 · 1.5%
  • 3–12 months 738 · 3.4%
  • 1–2 years 988 · 4.6%
  • 2–5 years 15,879 · 74.0%
  • 5+ years 2,216 · 10.3%

Ages are measured from each number's last change in the Somos registry — that's the most recent activation, transfer, or status move. Not necessarily the date this RespOrg originally acquired it.

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Trajectory

Total active inventory Numbers harvested from disconnect pool that month
51K38K25K13K02018-032022-112026-04
Show monthly numbers
MonthInventoryAcquiredHarvestedLostFrom spareTo spare
2018-03 33,973 0 0 0 0 0
2018-06 35,563 3,065 5 1,475 24 346
2018-09 34,122 156 1 1,597 72 141
2018-10 33,391 10 0 741 2 7
2018-11 32,666 36 1 761 12 5
2018-12 32,177 65 0 554 12 0
2019-01 31,718 20 0 479 0 0
2019-02 31,364 52 19 406 5 0
2019-03 30,844 24 0 544 2 0
2019-04 30,464 32 0 412 3 3
2019-05 30,188 188 0 464 8 0
2019-06 29,760 59 2 487 4 0
2019-08 25,914 59 0 3,905 8 3,113
2019-09 28,466 3,002 0 450 2,988 13
2019-10 28,063 55 0 458 2 45
2019-11 27,634 14 0 443 4 10
2019-12 26,983 7 0 658 4 1
2020-01 26,665 51 3 369 2 1
2020-02 26,263 13 0 415 9 1
2020-03 25,907 19 7 375 8 0
2020-04 25,567 8 0 348 3 0
2020-05 25,298 6 0 275 5 6
2020-06 24,976 8 0 330 1 5
2020-07 24,624 9 0 361 8 6
2020-08 24,376 5 0 253 4 0
2020-09 24,152 6 0 230 2 0
2020-10 23,963 8 0 197 7 0
2020-11 23,727 5 0 241 5 0
2020-12 23,416 4 0 315 0 0
2021-01 22,446 2 0 972 1 0
2021-02 22,228 23 1 241 6 0
2021-03 22,025 3 0 206 0 0
2021-04 21,846 20 0 199 0 0
2021-05 21,676 7 0 177 4 0
2022-05 50,929 31,692 2 2,439 41 604
2022-06 48,073 123 0 2,979 27 0
2022-07 47,666 32 0 439 16 0
2022-08 47,596 53 0 123 7 0
2022-09 47,328 143 0 411 6 0
2022-10 47,262 64 0 130 27 0
2022-11 8,731 1,020 0 39,551 44 1
2022-12 9,044 336 0 23 326 0
2023-01 9,225 337 0 156 305 100
2023-02 10,093 900 0 32 888 1
2023-03 10,475 508 0 126 411 1
2023-04 10,792 504 6 187 312 15
2023-05 11,046 421 3 167 320 45
2023-06 12,463 1,553 4 136 1,054 0
2023-07 47,666 40,765 7 5,562 279 1,490
2023-08 14,573 7,886 88 40,979 2,138 317
2023-09 17,180 2,977 0 370 2,547 301
2023-10 18,610 1,531 27 101 1,050 0
2023-11 19,149 597 0 58 358 0
2023-12 21,186 6,016 9 3,979 5,087 807
2024-02 22,965 3,966 575 2,187 436 1,359
2024-03 24,856 2,075 0 184 2,052 0
2024-04 24,823 172 1 205 101 0
2024-05 24,859 77 0 41 9 0
2024-06 24,351 77 0 585 12 0
2024-07 24,337 43 0 57 7 0
2024-08 24,415 128 0 50 4 0
2024-09 24,461 107 0 61 11 0
2024-10 24,205 42 0 298 6 0
2024-11 21,190 311 0 3,326 102 0
2024-12 21,202 94 0 82 72 0
2025-01 21,126 100 0 176 21 0
2025-02 21,086 25 0 65 4 0
2025-03 21,086 0 0 0 0 0
2025-04 20,532 69 0 623 11 0
2025-05 20,518 58 2 72 8 0
2025-06 20,457 49 3 110 3 0
2025-07 20,489 62 0 30 10 0
2025-08 20,519 73 0 43 2 1
2025-09 20,581 110 4 48 21 0
2025-10 20,563 103 0 121 22 0
2025-11 20,521 169 0 211 130 0
2025-12 20,382 22 0 161 3 0
2026-01 20,309 134 0 207 26 0
2026-02 20,197 16 0 128 13 0
2026-03 20,145 74 4 126 11 0
2026-04 20,295 247 0 97 3 0

Flow patterns (42-month cumulative)

Inbound (numbers acquired)

Direct transfer from another RespOrg30,978.0
Harvested from disconnect pool1,914.0
First assigned from spare pool51,195.0
Reactivated own disconnects486.0

Outbound (numbers lost)

Direct transfer to another RespOrg184,944.0
Standard disconnect aging process (3+ months in DISC)5,850
Abbreviated disconnect period (1–2 months in DISC)3,864
Released directly to spare pool10,640.0

Of the 9,714 disconnect episodes this RespOrg has sent through aging, 40% were abbreviated (1–2 snapshots in DISC status).

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Top direct-transfer destinations (OUT of VL)

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Summary

This resporg was for Birch Communications which was acquired by Fusion Connect May 7, 2018.

About Birch Communications

Birch Communications was a U.S.-based provider of communications, network, cloud, and IT services primarily to small, mid-sized, enterprise, and wholesale business customers.[1][2] Founded in 1996 with headquarters originally in Atlanta, GA (not Macon), it was a private company acquired by Fusion Connect in 2018 and integrated into its operations; Fusion Connect's website is https://www.fusionconnect.com/.[1][2][4] At its peak, Birch served over 350,000 customers with around 1,000 employees across a national U.S. footprint.[4]

Affiliations: Acquired by and integrated into Fusion Connect in 2018.

AI-generated summary (confidence: medium), last updated 2026-04-30. Verify against primary sources before quoting.

Recent news (1)

  • Fusion Completes Acquisition of Birch Communications 2018-05-07

    Fusion, a communications and cloud services provider, completed the acquisition of Birch Communications, a rival company. The acquisition allows Fusion to integrate Birch's communications, cloud, and IT services into its own platform, Fusion Connect, expanding Fusion's service offerings and customer base.

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