Number porting to GV - my experience
NJ_Greg:
No luck here. Ported my Comcast landline to ATT Go Phone (walked into store with old iphone, asked for pay as you go plan for .25/min. Put the minimum $10 on it.) All for $10 and change. Waited for the port to complete. Attempted to port the number to GV. Got the error
"Porting your mobile number to Google Voice is unavailable
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."
Currently in process porting another number from Vonage to ATT Go Phone also but not optimistic that I will be able to move that one to GV either. Both numbers were originally Level3 owned numbers so I assume if the first doesn't work, the second won't work either.
The plan was to port our main home number to my wife's GV number and the secondary number to mine and use them both with the OBi202 I purchansed. Am I out of options attempting to keep my numbers while removing my monthly payments?
SteveInWA:
If the Google Voice porting dashboard displays that message, then there is no way to port in the number(s).
You could either get a new number from Google's supply of free numbers (which might not be in your local calling exchange), or you can give up on Google Voice, and instead, port into a SIP VoIP service provider like Callcentric, voip.ms or Phonepower. These smaller service providers often work with multiple CLECs (Bandwidth.com, Level 3, etc), and they may be able to port in your number. Google only uses Bandwidth for hosting ported-in numbers (they have an enormous contract with BW, making it more cost effective than using multiple carriers).
NJ_Greg:
That's what I figured. Bummer. I assume I can port the numbers to callcentric. Get their $6/mo unlimited personal receive call plan, and use the GV numbers to dial out with? That would let me keep both numbers for $12/mo which is still much less than what I was paying for Vonage and Comcast. Seems to be the cheapest way to keep my numbers for incoming calls. Again, this is all with the OBi202.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: NJ_Greg on March 09, 2017, 05:30:40 am
That's what I figured. Bummer. I assume I can port the numbers to callcentric. Get their $6/mo unlimited personal receive call plan, and use the GV numbers to dial out with? That would let me keep both numbers for $12/mo which is still much less than what I was paying for Vonage and Comcast. Seems to be the cheapest way to keep my numbers for incoming calls. Again, this is all with the OBi202.
You can do that, and/or you can just abandon Google Voice entirely, and use Callcentric for both inbound and outbound calling. The advantage of going all-Callcentric will be that your outbound calls will display your correct caller ID for the two inbound lines. Depending on your outbound call volume, it isn't that much more money to subscribe to an outbound calling plan. Besides, you need E911 service, and Google Voice can't call 911.
For example: I subscribe to their North America 500 plan, for $6.95/month. It includes the 911 service that would otherwise be $1.50/month. Even their North America Basic plan for $1.95 month gives you 120 minutes plus 911.
tempo150101:
I am very comfortable with Google Voice. It's not 100% perfect, but it meets my needs well enough. I have been using it for at least five years, even before I bought my Obi.
In fact, I am about to do this again for my parents' long-standing landline number.
Google Voice will not port landline numbers, but will port numbers from cell phones.
The way around this was as follows: I bought a T-Mobile prepaid SIM card for $7.49 through Ebay, I bought one month of service and ported my landline number over to them. Then I ported the T-Mobile number over to Google Voice.
Last time I tried this was exactly two years ago and it worked out well. -- I don't use that number anymore, but I had it for 20 years and wanted to keep it. It's the number I give to everybody when I have to sign up for something from my Kroger card to all my credit cards. Their telemarketers can call there as much as they want.
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