Number porting to GV - my experience
SteveInWA:
Quote from: dadab on November 17, 2014, 04:01:00 pm
Is the process of transferring t-mobile postpaid # is as simple as submitting my t-mobile account #? I just did that and it did not ask me for a pin? Is that normal?
Hi: in some cases, the initial porting request form isn't asking for the PIN. After you submit the form, it will then generate an error, about a missing PIN or SSN. At that point, you can enter the required PIN and SSN, and re-submit the form.
Please see the complete instructions and FAQ answers here:
https://support.google.com/voice/answer/1065667
Note that, although the instructions mention a 24-hour elapsed time period, outbound calling will typically move over around that time, and it may take another day or two for inbound calling and text messaging to move over. If you have problems, please post your issue over on the GV help forum. Good luck!
zorlac:
I ported a Verizon pots land line to RingTo and that went smoothly, I wonder if there's a chance I could port that same # from RT to GV?
SteveInWA:
Nope. Google Voice's porting system only accepts ports-in from mobile numbers. VoIP numbers are classified as land lines. You'd need to first port it to a prepaid mobile phone service, wait at least a few days to a week after doing so, and then port it to GV.
Kendsie:
So, if i already have a TMOBILE prepaid plan, and i port over to it, will i lose that current tmobile phone number? How can I use the same TMOBILE phone and port my number. I dont understand, can I buy another sim card, get another number, port from century link to that number, port from that number to google voice, and what happens to my original TMOBILE number. How do I keep that number too, with the same phone?
thanks all
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Kendsie on February 07, 2015, 01:01:29 pm
So, if i already have a TMOBILE prepaid plan, and i port over to it, will i lose that current tmobile phone number? How can I use the same TMOBILE phone and port my number. I dont understand, can I buy another sim card, get another number, port from century link to that number, port from that number to google voice, and what happens to my original TMOBILE number. How do I keep that number too, with the same phone?
thanks all
Your question is unclear. Do you now have a land line phone that you want to turn into a Google Voice number? If so, then you would first port it to a prepaid mobile carrier like T-Mobile or AT&T GoPhone. When you do this, you are starting NEW service with the prepaid mobile carrier, on a NEW SIM card. After this is finished, and the land line has been fully ported over to the mobile phone service ("fully ported" means, both inbound and outbound calling works), THEN you would perform a second port, this time, from that temporary prepaid mobile phone service over to Google Voice. This has nothing to do with any existing mobile phone service you have, and it won't change that service.
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