Number porting to GV - my experience
SteveInWA:
Quote from: eaglemaster on April 01, 2018, 08:25:51 pm
Quote from: glnz6 on April 01, 2018, 01:05:43 pm
Thanks to SteveInWA for his excellent porting "philosophy" above at http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=1051.msg86959#msg86959.
I add to that as follows: After you order the first port from a copper land line to your cheap prepaid mobile phone (or SIM card), wait at least for that copper land line to go dead before you try to start your second port to Google Voice. I would actually wait a few more days as well for the new network information to propagate out to the world before you start your second port to Google Voice.
Also, I used a Verizon Wireless prepaid flip phone for my interim destination - a Samsung Gusto. The phone itself is about $50, and it costs about $30 for a month's use. Since I was porting out Verizon copper land line numbers, I wanted to stay "in the family" in case something went wrong. Also, I found that Verizon Wireless's "porting department" at 888-844-7095 was pretty good in helping me get over a snag for the first port. (I did not need them for the second port to Google Voice, and I'm not sure they could have helped for the port OUT anyway.)
Also, thanks to lots of advice on this and other forums by SteveInWA and friends, when I bought the Verizon Wireless prepaid flip phone Samsung Gusto, I had the fellow in the Verizon Wireless store write down ALL the info I would need on the Google Voice porting web page - the Verizon Wireless prepaid flip phone's account number, account name (which I had designated anyway), account address (which he picked the first time and I picked the second time), PIN (which I had designated) and the email address for the account (which I had designated). Having that written down on the receipt printed page for the Verizon Wireless prepaid flip phone Samsung Gusto was very helpful when I was finally at the Google Voice porting web page.
thanks for the info i am also in route to make this happen since u suggested "Verizon Prepaid - Samsung Gusto 3 " i found on bestbuy website for $9.99 + taxes but couldnt see any cheap prepaid planes all i could see was unlimited or my other option is getting tmobile simcard from ebay for $5 shipped to my home and i can use some old unlocked phone to me it seems like verizon was easy on you when it came to porting, also my current home voip is Vonage so not even sure if porting number will be easy but i did do the tmobile number port test and my number was eligible to convert to tmobile
I already explained the process in full detail, in my post above. READ and follow the instructions.
Pedro675:
Sorry for appearing stupid on this porting thing but I need some help and understanding.
I have recently set up my copper home phone (with DSL) wiring to enable me to use the Obi device on the dedicated line 2 while line 1 is voice (2 pair of wires). I don't have the Obi device yet.
I am now at a point where I need to get a temporary mobile number from which I can enable "porting" of my existing home phone number to be used by GV. I need to purchase a mobile phone only for the purpose of setting up GV and then porting my existing home phone number through the mobile to GV.
What I don't understand is, since GV is not a telephone company, will I have to keep my prepaid phone on active service to enable GV to ring my ported home phone number through the Obi device?
Quote from a post here:
"Google Voice is not a "free telephone company". It is a call forwarding and message management system. You still need some sort of telephone service, so that calls to your Google Voice virtual number can be forwarded to a real telephone"
drgeoff:
Quote from: Pedro675 on April 03, 2018, 01:08:55 pm
will I have to keep my prepaid phone on active service to enable GV to ring my ported home phone number through the Obi device?
No, the prepaid phone service will be ceased. The SIM will be dead.
Pedro675:
Thanks.
So is it possible to run both GV (pre port forwarding) and my telcom service at the same time to test GV?
SteveInWA:
Again, please carefully read my post: http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=1051.msg86959#msg86959
Perhaps this will help your understanding:
All US telephone numbers are originally issued to Federally-regulated Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) in blocks of 10,000 (or sometimes 1000) numbers, by an industry organization in charge of the overall US telephone numbering plan (area codes and prefixes and their locations). The Local Number Portability (LNP) FCC regulations require that, in most cases, telephone carriers allow their customers to take their business elsewhere, to a different carrier, and in so doing, give control of their telephone number(s) to the "gaining" or new carrier. The original carrier always retains ownership of the number, but lets the other, gaining carriers re-route calls to their switches.
So: when you port a phone number from, say, AT&T Wireless to Google Voice's carrier, the two carriers work with the national organization that controls telephone call routing, to tell all of the telephone switches that, when a call comes in for that number, to re-route it to Google Voice's carrier. Once that routing change is made, the losing carrier (AT&T Wireless in this example) cancels service on that number at AT&T, since service is now being provided by Google Voice's carrier.
When you want to port in a number to Google Voice, and you submit a porting request, you are giving Google's carrier your permission to act as your agent, to contact the losing carrier, asking them to turn over control of that number to Google's carrier. After that happens, service is shut off on the losing carrier and activated on Google's carrier. The mobile phone on which you had the service will stop working as a telephone, unless you sign up for a new line of service with a mobile phone carrier (i.e. you get a new SIM and a new telephone number).
Google Voice requires that you first sign up for one of Google's free phone numbers. You can do your testing with that number before deciding if you want to port in your mobile number.
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