What is the current cheapest way to port a landline to Google Voice?
SteveInWA:
Quote from: GeeObi on March 08, 2019, 03:00:49 pm
Googel transferred my Pac Bell land line number several years ago without any problems. Did they stop doing that directly? I don't think they charged anything either because I've never setup a credit with them.
No, Google did not do that. It has never offered direct porting in from land line numbers.
mike1971:
I ported my number to gv from Mintmobile (Tmobile) last year with no issues took 2 days, that's not to say that somebody else won't have issues.
I ported a relatives phone number to gv from Cox digital telephone the whole process with her took 2 weeks. I used Att prepaid as the first hop, took 1 day to do this. I probably could've started the port faster from att to gv but I waited longer than a week to start it. Took 2 days for gv to get complete control of her number.
All in all 2 smooth ports to gv for me.
Weston:
Just another data point: I have moved three phone numbers from AT&T Uverse Voice to Google Voice, by way of AT&T Prepaid Mobile. You can initiate the Uverse Voice to Prepaid Mobile port via the AT&T website, just by ordering the SIM card (ranges from $0 to $0.99 in my experience). The port usually completes in 24-48 hours, but I have often had issues with one or more aspects of the port not fully completing successfully (e.g., able to make calls, but not receive them). The key to this is calling the AT&T porting center; their phone # is 888-898-7685. These guys have never failed to resolve any of my porting issues.
Anyway, that part never takes more than 48 hours, at most. Then I purchase an AT&T prepaid PIN (via callingmart.com, usually) for $10, and load that onto the account (after, and only after, the port is fully complete) via paygonline.com. That also allows you to set up your 4-digit billing account PIN (which you will need later). Then I call normal AT&T CS and get the 12-digit account number. That and the 4-digit billing account PIN - as well as the name and address on the AT&T prepaid account (available/editable at paygonline.com) are the info you need to initiate the port to Google Voice. You don't need to wait longer; once the AT&T prepaid account is fully functional, you are good to initiate the second port to GV. The credit on the phone is necessary to receive and answer the verification call that GV makes to verify that you own the number you are trying to port. Once you verify, you simply fill in the information requested, pay the $20 fee, and submit. 24 hours later, everything should be done.
That may have been repetitive, but I hope the details might help someone in a similar situation.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Weston on April 16, 2019, 10:46:32 am
Just another data point: I have moved three phone numbers from AT&T Uverse Voice to Google Voice, by way of AT&T Prepaid Mobile. You can initiate the Uverse Voice to Prepaid Mobile port via the AT&T website, just by ordering the SIM card (ranges from $0 to $0.99 in my experience). The port usually completes in 24-48 hours, but I have often had issues with one or more aspects of the port not fully completing successfully (e.g., able to make calls, but not receive them). The key to this is calling the AT&T porting center; their phone # is 888-898-7685. These guys have never failed to resolve any of my porting issues.
Anyway, that part never takes more than 48 hours, at most. Then I purchase an AT&T prepaid PIN (via callingmart.com, usually) for $10, and load that onto the account (after, and only after, the port is fully complete) via paygonline.com. That also allows you to set up your 4-digit billing account PIN (which you will need later). Then I call normal AT&T CS and get the 12-digit account number. That and the 4-digit billing account PIN - as well as the name and address on the AT&T prepaid account (available/editable at paygonline.com) are the info you need to initiate the port to Google Voice. You don't need to wait longer; once the AT&T prepaid account is fully functional, you are good to initiate the second port to GV. The credit on the phone is necessary to receive and answer the verification call that GV makes to verify that you own the number you are trying to port. Once you verify, you simply fill in the information requested, pay the $20 fee, and submit. 24 hours later, everything should be done.
That may have been repetitive, but I hope the details might help someone in a similar situation.
That's a good summary of how to work through the process using AT&T Prepaid. Thanks.
velandia:
Quote from: Weston on April 16, 2019, 10:46:32 am
Just another data point: I have moved three phone numbers from AT&T Uverse Voice to Google Voice, by way of AT&T Prepaid Mobile. You can initiate the Uverse Voice to Prepaid Mobile port via the AT&T website, just by ordering the SIM card (ranges from $0 to $0.99 in my experience). The port usually completes in 24-48 hours, ...
So for this first step, do you require a mobile AT&T account (that is an AT&T account in their mobile business, rather than Uverse?) ...I so wish I had read this post previously, I tried H2O as a stepping stone, and now may have to go a two step route: Uverse -> H2O -> AT&T prepaid -> GV ... ugh!
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