Number that shows as my phone number reads invalid...

I pay the fee for unlimited calls in the US and also for having a line others can call. I have always thought my incoming line was one number and for ages it has been. Recently, even though the number still shows up on my end, if I call it, it rings as an invalid number. If no one can call me, what is the point???????? Not to mention what about all my business cards that have THAT number printed on it? How do I get this fixed?
Nancy Rollins

Hi, Nancy,
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I do understand that this is a Community Forum, but it appears that some Adobe staff persons do read and respond to some messages, so since all other avenues of contact seem to not work, I thought I would try this just in case somebody from Adobe happened to read it and could do something.
A secondary reason I posted the whole explanation is that I thought maybe somebody else had experienced this issue as well and might comment on it.
As for it being a problem or not, maybe it is not. Adobe did work when I installed it. When I invoked that icon "AAMLauncherUtil" the first time, it updated Acrobat Pro and Installed Creative Cloud (which the original trial subscription had not installed).
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