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So I'm pretty much ready to sign up for Google Voice, or a similar service. What's stalled me is a possible issue around "number porting," or retaining the same phone number. According to Google, when you do this the carrier cancels your current plan, which for me is a joint plan with my wife.
It depends on the carrier, but assuming you are out of contract, cancelling one line of a family plan usually does not cancel the whole plan. That is something you should confirm with Verizon, however.