Originally Posted by
themicah
I've been thinking about dumping my Vonage line for a while, but would like to keep the number and the simulring capabilities. Google Voice seems like the perfect place to park my number, and they recently introduced a number porting feature, but they will only port mobile numbers, and apparently consider Vonage a landline.
Anybody have any thoughts about trying to port my Vonage line to a prepaid mobile carrier like Virgin (which is dirt cheap), and then porting it to GV?
Will GV still think it's a landline because the number originated as a Vonage number? Or will they see it as mobile once it's ported to Virgin?
Anybody have experience with porting to either Virgin or GV? Or any other prepaid mobile service?
I have effectively shut down my Google Voice usage as of a month ago, after using it heavily for a couple of years. In my opinion, t's unreliability and voice quality have rendered it nearly useless for all but the most casual and forgiving users. Stick with Vonage.