Number porting to GV - my experience
naizarak:
Quote from: dircom on August 22, 2013, 08:37:32 am
get a new sim card for your go phone to use temporarily to port.
once the port happens, install your original sim
that way you will not use your original phn #
yeah i figured they'd have no way of restoring my old number, so i just followed the tut. and bought a new tmobile card(which ended up being the cheapest option anyways)
also worth mentioning that GV will need your tmobile PIN to complete the port. to set the pin, call 611 from your tmobile phone, select "manage my account", and you'll be able to setup a pin
SWP1:
I have an ATT landline that I am trying to rescue. It is a Uverse number. Called the ATT porting department and they tell me that Tmobile can request it and it is available. Tmobile says it is not portable. ATT says it nmay be outside their area... What area are they referring to?
Little bit frustrated, bit not giving up!
sdb-:
It takes two to tango. The 'losing' carrier must give up the number, and the 'winning' carrier must take it. If either one is incapable, it cannot happen. If they are merely reluctant or incompetent, remedies exist, it just takes longer.
It sounds like in your case, T-Mobile is the 'winning' carrier, and they cannot take that number.
When porting a number, the 'winning' carrier must be able to receive/service that number in the rate center to which it belongs.
In other words, if you are trying to port a Kalamazoo number, the 'winning' carrier must be able to handle the Kalamazoo prefix you are trying to port.
Try a different carrier. Maybe a TracPhone or AT&T GoPhone (is that still the current brand for AT&T prepaid?) or Virgin Mobile.
SedonaSky:
I finished my porting from CableOne to T-mobile three days ago but Google Voice says the number is not yet available for porting with this message:
"Your mobile number can not be ported at this time.
This number appears to be from an area we don't currently support for porting."
Has anyone recently ported from T-mobile also had to wait many days? For reference, I am on the T-mobile 'pay as you go plan'.
Thank you
dircom:
You can not port just any mobile number. It has to be from an area that GV supports porting from.
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