Number porting to GV - my experience
SteveInWA:
Quote from: chilirock on February 27, 2016, 07:48:13 am
I am am in the process of porting my cable company provided phone number to GV. I have initiated the porting request to T-mobile. I have a question about timing after the T-mobile port / transfer is complete.
After I receive the text message from T-mobile indicating that the transfer is complete, do I need to wait any additional time before initiating the porting request to GV? Or can I initiate the GV transfer request as soon as I receive the confirmation from T-mobile and test both inbound and outbound calls on the T-mobile phone?
Thanks for your help.
Based on the many users doing this on the Google Voice help forum, I strongly advise waiting a few days after porting into T-Mobile, to ensure that the port is fully completed, including cancellation of your cable company's service and updates broadcast throughout the telephone network to all providers. Porting while some of those balls are still in the air causes difficult-to-resolve issues.
Scott2:
Looks like it is a simple thing if you follow the right steps. If you have a POTS copper landline number, when do you deactivate with the telephone company? I was thinking after following the steps to port but then wont you have the number listed in two different systems?
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Scott2 on March 02, 2016, 09:22:39 am
Looks like it is a simple thing if you follow the right steps. If you have a POTS copper landline number, when do you deactivate with the telephone company? I was thinking after following the steps to port but then wont you have the number listed in two different systems?
You DON'T deactivate (cancel service) with the losing telephone company. If you do that yourself, you will permanently lose the right to use that number or port it out. Instead, the porting process itself will notify the losing carrier to discontinue service at the right step during the port, after it's successfully re-routed to the new carrier.
jwyfk:
I ported my landline number a long time ago using an AT&T GoPhone that I purchased brand new. Even though I only used it for a week, selling it has been difficult. At this point, I'd like to give it away for free to someone on this forum who could also use it to port their landline. It's currently listed on Craigslist for $5, but if you contact me, just let me know you're from the OBiTALK forum and it will be free, except for shipping of course. Here is a link to the post:
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/mob/5565245978.html
Thanks,
John
Dubhead:
Okay, I dove into the Obi202 expecting it would be pretty straightforward to get a local Google Voice number, set it up with the Obi202 and be on my merry way. As it turns out, there are no number left in my state(!! - WA) for Google Voice and so as I read in a few other locations it would be possible to secure a local number via a prepaid SIM card from either AT&T or T-Mobile. I decided to go spend $10 for a basic AT&T prepaid SIM with a local "206" area code number that I was looking for and then entered the number into Google Voice's Number Porting utility that then indicates "Ooops! This number appears to be from an area we don't currently support." so it seems like that is dead in the water and $10 down the hole. The next questions I have are this:
If I try T-Mobile Prepaid SIM, how do I check if the number is eligible if I still have to buy the SIM first and then get number to enter into the site to validate it can be ported to Google Voice?Is there any way to salvage the AT&T number I already have to port it into Google Voice? I had thought maybe porting it somewhere else first and then port to Google Voice, but that is likely not possible or a total waste of money.If I have to forgo Google Voice to use with Obi202 completely, what is most comparable VoIP service out there to Google Voice that might allow me to get a number with 206 area code?
I did want to say, that I did go ahead and pick up a free GV number well outside of my state to verify my equipment works and it does so very well. Just hoping to really find a way to get a "local" number ported to Google Voice but may end up having to pay for proper VoIP service to get this. Any thoughts on this appreciated.
~Dubhead 8)
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