Number porting to GV - my experience
Rick:
Mine is still as it came. Ziplock bag, same contents as yours. The thick packet says on the outside "Activation Card". Initial $3.34 value right under it. That packet has barcodes on the bottom as follows:
6 10214 63034 6
69031907
And a sticker that says 610214630346
djc6:
Yeah, mine just says "Activation Card".
Ziplock bag barcode: 6 10214 61584 8
Ziplock bag number under barcode: 610214615848
Number on sealed bag that contained ziplock bag: 610214631374
Oh well, I'm adding $10 and pressing onward! :)
JeffW:
For those who can't use T-mobile for porting, here's my experience with AT&T:
My landline showed as not port-able with T-Mobile, but when I checked with AT&T, they could do it. It was explained to me that it had something to do with control of cell towers in my area (east central WI) -- apparently, T-Mobile doesn't have any towers in my area.
I stopped by an AT&T store and explained what I wanted to do. The agent there set me up with a prepaid SIM -- didn't charge me for it. It had a zero balance, but was set up with my landline number. I brought along a phone bill from my landline carrier so he could verify the account information. He then initiated the port process from my landline carrier to AT&T.
I then went to WalMart and bought a $15 GoPhone so I could insert this SIM. When I inserted the SIM, I noticed that my landline phone number came up but was still inactive since the porting hadn't gone through. Using the landline #, I was able to log in to att.com and confirm the account the agent had set up earlier. At that time, I added some money to the prepaid account. To check the status of the porting, I logged into att.com/port, input the phone number and it reported date and time when the port was expected to be complete.
When the port from landline to cellphone was complete, I received a message on the GoPhone and also tested calls out and in to the GoPhone. I then logged into Google Voice and initiated the port process from AT&T to GV. NOTE: at first I tried entering the cellphone (my old landline) # as the account number for the porting process on GV, since I used that number to log into my account with AT&T. But GV kept kicking back an error with an invalid account number. I ended up calling AT&T customer service and asking for an account number. Sure enough, there was an account number tied to the account that didn't show up online when I was logged into "myAT&T". With that account number, the porting request with GV went through.
In retrospect, I probably could have just bought a GoPhone to begin with and initiated a port of my landline with the setup of the GoPhone, but I went the route of stopping by my local AT&T store first and the agent took it from there.
Hope this helps someone whose number is won't port through T-Mobile.
Shawnk71:
I am getting ready to switch from my Comcast landline to Obi and GV. I do not have t-mobile, instead I have AT&T as my iPhone provider. Can anyone give me some steps to go about to port my Comcast landline number to GV? Also, will my landline number still be able to be used by my friends because I do not want to change my home phone number?
Thanks!
Rick:
Quote from: Shawnk71 on March 18, 2013, 02:48:12 pm
I am getting ready to switch from my Comcast landline to Obi and GV. I do not have t-mobile, instead I have AT&T as my iPhone provider. Can anyone give me some steps to go about to port my Comcast landline number to GV? Also, will my landline number still be able to be used by my friends because I do not want to change my home phone number?
Thanks!
Have you read the OBI instructions? Or the many posts?
Do you understand what porting does?
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