Number porting to GV - my experience
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Pedro675 on April 06, 2018, 01:04:13 pm
Yes, I've seen the one you linked at BestBuy, thanks for link. I am also looking at two phones that will accept At&T SIMs.
1. https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B072N6BD9V/?coliid=I3CU4XKR7YHJ8M&colid=1K6CO00EX63XG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
2. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0V4-002F-001J2
Both are 3G and will accept At&T SIMS. I'm going to the local AT&T store tomorrow and see about SIM cards and plans or any phones they might have for cheap. The BestBuy one already has the AT&T SIM.
I think that the cheapest phones from AT&T Prepaid's own web store are a safer bet, and they are cheaper, too. Blu makes some really, really awful phones, and they are generally years behind in their hardware and software. Many of the phones Blu sells are still GSM 2G only, so be careful.
It's too bad that AT&T is the only wireless network that works near you.
Consider just forgetting about Google Voice. Port your number directyly into a SIP VoIP Internet Telephone Service Provider (ITSP), and use that service instead of Google Voice. It's not that expensive, and many ITSPs will port in for free. Any SIP ITSP that provides unlocked SIP user credentials should work fine on your OBi.
Pedro675:
If I can get AT&T to work at the house I should have no problem with porting my number to GV should I?
I talked to a guy at the gym who has had Ooma for some years and is happy with them. I'm not sure of the monthly fee though, will check.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Pedro675 on April 06, 2018, 01:31:00 pm
If I can get AT&T to work at the house I should have no problem with porting my number to GV should I?
Maybe. Google Voice's carrier cannot port in from certain rate centers (local telephone exchanges). You can check if your number is portable or not.
Sign into your Gmail account. Then go here: https://www.google.com/voice/porting and submit the phone number you wish to port.
The tool should reply that your number can't be ported because it doesn't support your carrier (this is expected, since Google Voice doesn't port in land line numbers). If it also tells you that your area isn't supported, then you can't port in the number, no matter what carrier it's on now.
Pedro675:
Yes, I did check earlier and just now and got:
"Ooops! We currently don't support porting from your carrier. We apologize and are working on adding support for more carriers."
So it looks like GV will port my number when it is from a mobile carrier.
My neighbor uses Verizon, is that an alternative? However Verizon is not GSM, only CDMA, not sure if GV cares. I can get a Verizon SIM card for about $10.
GPz1100:
If GV is only rejecting the carrier and not the number then it doesn't matter which mobile/prepaid carrier you use as an intermediary. Cheapest is generally tmobile or att prepaid pay as you go.
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