Number porting to GV - my experience
Judgeless:
Quote from: MrGadget on March 10, 2012, 09:51:36 am
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You can check Callcentric here http://www.callcentric.com/lnp/ . You might also contact support at Anveo, VOIPo, etc. and ask if your number can be ported.
Thanks for the heads up. Sounds like a solid backup plan if GV fails to accommodate my needs. Just something else to do in my 'spare' time.
When I found out Google Voice would not transfer my number from T-Mobile I transferred the number to Callcentric. They do not do electronic transfers and it takes 25 to 45 days to make the transfer. They claim Mar 15 the transfer will happen. I hope this happens. I have been working on this for 3 months.
pug_ster:
I have a question. I got an old t-mobile activate kit and I am attempting to move from Vonage to t-mobile. Considering that today is Saturday, will porting of the phone include Saturday or Sunday or it will happen only on Business days? Thanks.
Edit. My number got ported today (Wednesday) to T-mobile. I called on Saturday. But my bill cycle started on the 13th, so I have to pay another $38 to Vonage...
MrGadget:
Quote from: pug_ster on March 10, 2012, 02:36:25 pm
But my bill cycle started on the 13th, so I have to pay another $38 to Vonage...
Most companies will refund 'unused' portion of your service. It may take awhile, but they should only charge you for the days up until canceled (pro-rated). Maybe not Vonage, but other Telcos will.
Mikey_in_LA:
I'm brand-new to Obi...I followed the OP's instructions (glad I kept that old GSM phone around), and I can confirm that my experience was virtually identical, with a few small differences...
-- I bought a T-Mobile pay-as-you-go SIM from their website -- but it was on sale for $.99, so it cost me $1.08, shipped.
-- For some reason, I was unable to register the SIM online, so I had to call T-Mobile and do it all by phone.
-- My T-Mobile account number was indeed the 10-digit phone number with a "1" prepended. And after my AT&T home phone ported over to the T-Mobile, the T-Mobile account number became my (old) ported phone number, with a "1" prepended.
-- I also got the "wrong PIN code" error message from GV after initiating the T-Mobile-->GV port, but it magically cleared itself up without me having to do anything.
-- The port from T-Mobile to GV didn't happen right at midnight...but it DID happen almost exactly 24 hours after I initiated it.
-- My home broadband (AT&T Uverse) did NOT disconnect when the home phone ported out. In my particular case (YMMV), they are two completely separate entities, despite being services of the same company.
All in, porting my home phone from AT&T-->T-Mobile-->GV cost me $21.08. Add the $49.99 for the OBi100, and the grand total was $71.07, which represents just under two months of the AT&T home phone service I've been paying for all these years...
...and it rings EVERY phone in my house, AND works perfectly with my Brinks (now ADT) alarm system.
I plan to add Callcentric 911 service, which will run $1.50/month, because I'm a belt-and-suspenders kind of guy...
...but even so, $1.50/mo. vs. $45.00/mo...not too shabby.
Mikey_in_LA:
One weird thing, though...
I just turned on the T-Mobile cell phone -- the one that served as the "middleman" as I successfully ported my home landline from AT&T --> T-Mobile cell --> Google Voice.
Just for grins, I used the T-Mobile cell to call another cell phone...and the CallerID came up as my "Home Phone" -- in other words, my Home Phone number is currently in two places: Google Voice, and the T-Mobile cell.
Can I assume that this will eventually change? I mean, shouldn't T-Mobile's "hold" on the number eventually fizzle out?
Any thoughts?
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