Porting problem from 906 area code to Google Voice
Drewby:
Oh, I forgot to add. I do have a Tracfone on the 906 area code in addition to my landline number. GV still gives me this message: "Ooops! This number appears to be from an area we don't currently support." Is that a bad sign?
SteveInWA:
It's just a coincidence that 906 and 907 are one digit apart. Google Voice only supports numbers located within the 48 contiguous US states (so, not in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, USVI, etc.).
As I mentioned previously number portability into GV is based not on area code, but at a much lower level, down to the nine-thousand+ number block level.
There is no way to guarantee or even guess whether your number will be portable until you roll the dice and port it over to GoPhone, and wait a week. Sorry, but number portability is a complex subject, and it depends on Google's telephone carrier partners, who are independent companies with their own equipment and presence (or no presence) in various exchanges around the country.
If you do decide to go for it, and you do use GoPhone, one crucial step is that you will need to contact GoPhone customer care when you are ready to port, and specifically ask them for the account number to use for porting purposes. It is not displayed anywhere visible to you -- you need to ask for it. Also, the PIN you will need is the PIN used to access your account details on their website.
Taoman:
Quote from: Drewby on September 30, 2014, 12:38:16 pm
Oh, I forgot to add. I do have a Tracfone on the 906 area code in addition to my landline number. GV still gives me this message: "Ooops! This number appears to be from an area we don't currently support." Is that a bad sign?
Yes, that is a bad sign. Doesn't matter if you port to a cell phone first. Google Voice does not support your area so you are out of luck just like I am.
If you were trying to port a landline directly into GV from an area that they did support you would see this kind of error message:
Quote from: Google Voice
Ooops! We currently don't support porting from your carrier. We apologize and are working on adding support for more carriers.
SteveInWA:
What are the first 7 digits of the Uverse number you want to port? And what are the first 7 digits of the Tracfone's number?
Drewby:
Is it okay to post that number here? I'm not sure about safety, security, etc.
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