GV set up with OBI and land line - can I get rid of cell now?

[oilburner]

Hi - I did a port of my land line to a cell phone and successfully went thru the connection to Obitalk and everything seems to work fine.

I wanted to now get rid of my cell phone that I used to do the original port of the landline but wanted to make sure it wasn't required to stay active or if it is now unnecessary in the mix.

thanks!

[SteveInWA]

I did a port of my land line to a cell phone and successfully went thru the connection to Obitalk and everything seems to work fine.

Let's be clear:  did you perform two number ports, first, the port from the land line carrier to the mobile carrier, and then, you paid $20 to Google, to port that now-mobile number into Google Voice?  If so, then you should see the exact two words, "Your number" on this web page:  https://www.google.com/voice#phones

If that is all true, then the cell phone is now a brick, unless it is a GSM phone (T-Mobile or AT&TWS networks, either locked to one of those two carriers, or unlocked), in which case, you can save the phone, and swap in a new SIM to use it again with a different mobile number.

[oilburner]

Thanks Steve. Yes, I did the two-step process, moving my landline # from Comcast to an old AT&T phone I had. I waited until that was active on AT&T and then ported that number a second time to GV and paid the $20. The number works and I have changed settings through Google as well.

I see it in that GV link you posted so I'll just go through the re-unlocking process with AT&T for that old iPhone.

thanks for the help,
bill