Telephone number binding in a voice-over-Internet system is provided. One
embodiment is a method for provisioning a customer voice-over-Internet
device for voice-over-Internet service. One such method comprises:
providing a customer voice-over-Internet device for communicating with an
existing telephone line and a data network; providing a telephone number
associated with the existing telephone line to a voice-over-Internet
platform; and linking the existing telephone number to a unique
identifier associated with the customer voice-over-Internet device.