Number porting to GV - my experience
billdz:
Yes, you may be right about the taxes.
I already have my Obi 110 already set up with GV on SP1 and Callcentric on SP2. I had my home phone forwarded to my GV number to take advantage of GV voice mail and email transcription. Last step was going to be the porting, which I thought would save me $30 a month (I had been paying $55 a month total, $30 for phone plus $25 for internet). So I'm just saving $10 a month for now, will revisit once the promo price expires (scheduled to expire in a few months but I've heard AT&T will usually extend if asked).
What I really could use is standalone high speed internet for less than $43 a month.
ricklawpsu:
I just successfully ported from Time Warner >>> T-Mobile prepaid >>> Google Voice.
Very smooth and fast once the process was actually initiated. When I first attempted to activate my t-mobile sim, I got all the way through and received this message:
"We’re sorry, we’re still working to process your activation. Please wait a few moments and then
try navigating to another web page. You should receive a text message to your device when your
activation is processed.
Laptop Stick and Netbook customers, please check your connection manager to make sure you
are connected to the network. If you are not connected, please click on the Connect button to reconnect.
If you still see this message please call T-Mobile Customer Care at 1-877-778-2106."
Message didn't really seem like a confirmation so I used the T-mobile chat to ask if it went through. They assured me that it did. After 3 days, I checked the 1-877-778-2106 number and there was no record whatsoever of a port request for my Time Warner Landline number.
I started the sim activation process again and got a confirmation email from T-mobile immediately and within 6 hours a T-mobile rep called me to confirm the port request. He said that Time Warner requires this call to confirm the number transfer. I think this probably sped up the transfer.
The next morning (Day 2) I got a confirmation text but the Prepaid phone could call out but not receive calls.
In the morning on Day 3: I had full use of the Prepaid phone. I called 611 and changed my PIN over the phone. I, then, initiated the Google Voice transfer. Received confirmation emails and an "OOPS" email asking for my T-mobile account PIN. I revised the request by entering the PIN and the last 4 of my actual SS. That cleared the error.
Day 4 morning: Google Voice transfer complete. Email confirmation received.
Lessons learned: (1) Make sure you get email confirmation all along the way.
(2) T-mobile now gives you the option to port your landline directly during activation instead of getting a temporary number first.
(3) Your T-mobile account # is 1+ your phone number
(4) You do not need to add minutes to your phone...T-mobile gives you 10 to start
chartbear:
I've been using obi 100 for some time now mainly for long distance. Was using an Att conventional land line for local phone service with my decades old phone number. My dsl modem bit the dust so I decided to drop the land line and go to ATT Uverse for Internet (which I think is "dry loop"). When I cancelled the land line the CSR said they would "hold" the number for a month after I asked if I could port the number to Google Voice. Looking at the OBI instructions for porting, I consulted the link to T-mobile and it says:
"Please do NOT cancel your other wireless or landline account until the requested number has been activated on your new T-Mobile phone."
Does this mean I won't be able to port to T-mobile and thus no porting to Google Voice?
Rick:
If it is cancelled, unlikely.
lhm.:
Yes.
Unless you reinstate your old # along with your AT&T service and then start the port to T-Mobile.
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