Number porting to GV - my experience
Judgeless:
This all started on Jan 14th. This was my first post when I started the process.
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=1051.msg14746#msg14746
dhobi:
Sorry to hear. Sounds like Windstream is at fault here and a pain to deal with.
klrwaffles:
Quote from: klrwaffles on February 26, 2012, 06:18:06 pm
Got my t-mobile phone today to start the port. So I returned to http://www.obihai.com/porttutorial.html for instructions, and noticed the "sanity check". For some reason, I didn't notice this before.
So, my 763 number is getting the Ooops! This number appears to be from an area we don't currently support.
I'm inclined not to believe this. I did a check on a different mobile number on 763 and it said it could do it. So area code shouldn't be an issue. And when I did the check within my google account, it gave me both errors listed in the sanity check:
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.
- We currently don't support porting from your carrier. We apologize and are working on adding support for more carriers.
I don't want to loose my number (I can just transfer it back to my land line if needed).
So what does the Obi forum think???
The port from centurylink to tmobile seems to be complete. I can now make and receive calls on my tmobile phone, and my land line is dead.
But google voice doesn't want to port my number. I guess I'll give this a few days before I port to VOIP service and give up on google. Either way, I'll be saving some money disconnecting my landline.
Now I'm on the phone to centurylink getting my dsl reconnected. I thought I saw a question on what would happen to a dsl service if they ported a number. The answer is, it gets disconnected.
Rick:
Quote from: klrwaffles on March 05, 2012, 07:19:18 am
Now I'm on the phone to centurylink getting my dsl reconnected. I thought I saw a question on what would happen to a dsl service if they ported a number. The answer is, it gets disconnected.
Right, you have to get your DSL separated from your phone line BEFORE you port your number. It's called a "dry loop".
dhobi:
Quote from: Rick on March 05, 2012, 07:24:36 am
Quote from: klrwaffles on March 05, 2012, 07:19:18 am
Now I'm on the phone to centurylink getting my dsl reconnected. I thought I saw a question on what would happen to a dsl service if they ported a number. The answer is, it gets disconnected.
Right, you have to get your DSL separated from your phone line BEFORE you port your number. It's called a "dry loop".
You will have to pay a bit extra for the "naked DSL line", depending on the local telco I think somewhere around $10 at which point you might as well keep a landline on the cheapest plan they have (metered plan). For the incremental cost you get 911 and a backup phone line that you can take incoming calls on and make calls when VOIP is down or in cases of emergency. You have to crunch the numbers and see if it's worth it.
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