Number porting to GV - my experience
dircom:
George Bush said there is something called "The Google"
wonder what would happen if I typed
"port verizon prepaid number to google voice"
Kokopelli520:
Quote from: CoalMinerRetired on July 13, 2013, 03:29:41 am
Quote from: Kokopelli520 on July 12, 2013, 10:19:33 pm
Just wondering if anybody has tried this porting process with Verizon Mobile yet.
Mentioned multiple times in this thread, with this thread open to any page type Verizon in the search box near the upper right.
Well, I looked at all 14 pages of this thread, and I saw one post with questions similar to mine, and another where somebody mentioned they should buy a cheap Verizon prepaid phone for the process, but I didn't see a follow-up to either one with results, so I thought I would ask.
Quote from: dircom on July 13, 2013, 07:28:49 am
George Bush said there is something called "The Google"
wonder what would happen if I typed
"port verizon prepaid number to google voice"
I'm very familiar with Google (and even some better search engines which don't track their users), but thanks for the suggestion. Though I'm not likely to do anything because George Bush recommended it. ;D
Kokopelli520:
OK, just to follow up on my own experience here.......
Bad news is, if you want to keep your landline number, I would advise you not to use Verizon prepaid phones to do it.
While reanimating one of my zombie Verizon phones was easy, they would not allow me to port my number in order to do so, because they claimed I wasn't the "account owner". Even though I personally set up the account and did not give anybody else permission to do anything with it. So who else would be the owner?
This of course reminded me why I dumped Verizon in the first place, because their customer service probably ranks second only to Comcast in terms of pure suckage.
Good news is, since Google Voice didn't have any phone numbers available in my area, at least Verizon was able to provide that much. And the port from Verizon to Google was easy enough, and took just over 24 hrs.
So, total time for the whole process = roughly 48 hours.
Total cost = $15 to Verizon (minimum they would allow for prepaid minutes) + $20 to Google. = $35
Kinda wish I could have kept my old number, which ironically came from Google Voice (then known as Grand Central) in the first place. But what the hell..... 7 years is a good ride for phone numbers these days. Too many telemarketing calls recently anyway.
rrock:
I had a different experience porting to GV. I followed all the steps and got a message from GV that they will not port from Tmobile prepaid. I called a number furnished to port but got an error. I later tried a different approach and got a message from GV that they would not port that number. I was ready to give up but tried again yesterday and got it to port and 12 hours later I had a functioning GV. I am not sure what is going on but hope I do not have to go through that again.
Remember you will need the PIN you gave Tmobile for your sim card, not your PW for your user account.
rainking430:
Quote from: kallsop on May 08, 2013, 11:06:55 am
Another success story. Ported AT&T U-Verse voice number to T-Mobile prepaid to GV. I don't think it is important, but note that the number was originally with SNET before porting to Sunrocket (RIP) to Packet8 (now 8X8) to U-Verse. I have had this number for >20 years.
Quote from: CoalMinerRetired on June 18, 2013, 04:17:15 am
AT&T U-Verse is an internet service that includes an internet phone number as part of a package deal and is not the same as AT&T Wireless.
From my experience I would recommend anyone wanting to port from AT&T U-verse Voice to use AT&T Go Phone and not take their chances with a T-Mobile SIM. I just ported to GV from U-Verse Voice myself and trying to port to Tmo did not work for me. The number originated as an AT&T landline number 20+ years ago. Tmo at first said that the number could be ported but the request was denied by AT&T saying that it is a VoIP number and cannot be ported. Apparently when we got U-Verse internet they converted the number to VoIP, as CoalMinerRetired mentions. We then tried the AT&T Go Phone route and that port went without issue. It is just more expensive ($15 for equipment from Walmart + $10 minimum to add minutes) and extra steps which are annoying (have to activate the phone first, then you have to call them to port your number). Also, as has been mentioned, you will need to get the account number to give to Google Voice, which is not the phone number.
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