Number porting to GV - my experience
FM9295:
Anybody have any idea whether it's possible to do the reverse of all this (say worst case scenario--GV starts charging a bunch for service or OBi disappears from the landscape). Can a GV number be ported back to a mobile (and, potentially to another landline)?
infin8loop:
Quote from: FM9295 on February 03, 2012, 10:33:30 pm
Anybody have any idea whether it's possible to do the reverse of all this (say worst case scenario--GV starts charging a bunch for service or OBi disappears from the landscape). Can a GV number be ported back to a mobile (and, potentially to another landline)?
You can port out of Google Voice but you have to "unlock" the number at GV first.
Details here: http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1316844
Also note: There is a one time $3 fee to port your number away from Google Voice. For users who ported their mobile numbers into Google Voice, the fee is waived.
Update: Checking my Google issued GV number (I did not port it into Google) at voip.ms:
Our initial review indicates that the ratecenter Dallas is portable to our network.
I could be wrong, but I doubt most voip providers would require the GV number be ported to a mobile number before porting it to their network -- if they accept ports for the ratecenter the GV number is in.
LifeHub:
Encountering a GV problem...
I did not have any problem porting landline to the T-Mo prepaid on old Moto Razr. T-Mo with new # can now call out and receive most calls, except receive from GV. It can call out to GV without any problem. T-Mo support has verified that the porting is completed properly and they did not see any problem on their end. This prevents the porting to GV to go through, because the verification call to enter the 2 digit cannot be completed.
Has anybody else run into this issue? Or does anybody else have any other ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Rick:
Quote from: LifeHub on February 17, 2012, 10:28:58 am
Encountering a GV problem...
I did not have any problem porting landline to the T-Mo prepaid on old Moto Razr. T-Mo with new # can now call out and receive most calls, except receive from GV. It can call out to GV without any problem. T-Mo support has verified that the porting is completed properly and they did not see any problem on their end. This prevents the porting to GV to go through, because the verification call to enter the 2 digit cannot be completed.
Has anybody else run into this issue? Or does anybody else have any other ideas?
Thanks in advance.
What if you go into GV and use it to call your landline number. Does the landline work?
If it cannot receive calls from GV, one option might be to forward the T-Mobile number to another number. GV calls it to verify, the other phone rings, you enter the code...
LifeHub:
No, if I call the ported landline from GV physically, the call just dies. I even tried to call landline from gmail and the same problem occurs with "network error". I have reported the issue to Google, but so far no response. I sure hope T-Mo has not blocked incoming calls from GV.
I realize I can port it to another provider, but at this point I just want to see if there is any other options.
Quote from: Rick on February 17, 2012, 10:39:32 am
What if you go into GV and use it to call your landline number. Does the landline work?
If it cannot receive calls from GV, one option might be to forward the T-Mobile number to another number. GV calls it to verify, the other phone rings, you enter the code...
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