Number porting to GV - my experience
LTN1:
Seems like you can buy a PayGo Ultra Mobile on eBay and have it activated online here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/PreLoaded-Ultra-Mobile-SIM-Card-with-19-Plan-1st-Month-Services-included/182154428180?hash=item2a693fff14:g:5fYAAOSwYUBa3xvG
The cost is $10 and includes the first month free with free porting, etc.
SteveInWA:
Good find! Thanks.
DigitalDad:
Quote from: SteveInWA on October 01, 2019, 04:20:43 pm
We can't make this discussion thread vanish, so people like you find it and then get sucked into the vortex.
Why use another service? Because you weren't happy about the cost of porting to Google Voice, and you said "never mind". The other services can directly port in land lines with very little fuss, and some of them do it for free.
See: https://www.callcentric.com/did/
I didn't know you could port to other services for free and directly? That is a HUGE selling point!
Quote from: LTN1 on October 01, 2019, 04:58:23 pm
Seems like you can buy a PayGo Ultra Mobile on eBay and have it activated online here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/PreLoaded-Ultra-Mobile-SIM-Card-with-19-Plan-1st-Month-Services-included/182154428180?hash=item2a693fff14:g:5fYAAOSwYUBa3xvG
The cost is $10 and includes the first month free with free porting, etc.
Wow! this is a great find! Thank you!
DigitalDad:
So I got the SIM card today and I called in and an agent walked me through getting signed up and activated, they took a payment of $40 even to get going on the cheapest prepaid plan and they started the porting process of my landline to T-mobile. And they did say it will take 10 days, till Oct. 12th, so at least the agents are well trained. I did get a temp number until then and they also said it would take 72 hours before I could sign in to mytmobile, but I got an email that had a link to login and it works so maybe I got lucky with that part. I also made sure to get my PIN and account number to make porting to google easier. I used my wife's T-mobile phone to test the SIM and it works. So now I wait, I will update on the 10th.
bushman65:
Quote from: DigitalDad on October 02, 2019, 07:28:15 pm
So I got the SIM card today and I called in and an agent walked me through getting signed up and activated, they took a payment of $40 even to get going on the cheapest prepaid plan and they started the porting process of my landline to T-mobile. And they did say it will take 10 days, till Oct. 12th, so at least the agents are well trained. I did get a temp number until then and they also said it would take 72 hours before I could sign in to mytmobile, but I got an email that had a link to login and it works so maybe I got lucky with that part. I also made sure to get my PIN and account number to make porting to google easier. I used my wife's T-mobile phone to test the SIM and it works. So now I wait, I will update on the 10th.
Looking forward to your update. I know it looks like it is a bigger cost than you thought. For me, when I finally get things underway, that initial cost layout will be peanuts to the amount I would be paying to Ma Bell. Cheers.
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