Wireless porting to another carrier
Oct 12, 2007 | 6:10 pm
#1
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Wireless porting to another carrier
For a multitude of reasons, I find the need to move from Verizon to T-mobile.
Is wireless number (LNP) porting as easy as it claims to be?
I go to T-Mobile, pick a phone, work out a service plan, and ask them to port my Verizon number.
What I hear is that my new T-mobile phone will be ringing in 3-4 hours on my old number. Verizon will then issue a final bill and send it to me.
Is it really this easy?
Is wireless number (LNP) porting as easy as it claims to be?
I go to T-Mobile, pick a phone, work out a service plan, and ask them to port my Verizon number.
What I hear is that my new T-mobile phone will be ringing in 3-4 hours on my old number. Verizon will then issue a final bill and send it to me.
Is it really this easy?
Oct 12, 2007 | 6:13 pm
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For a multitude of reasons, I find the need to move from Verizon to T-mobile.
Is wireless number (LNP) porting as easy as it claims to be?
I go to T-Mobile, pick a phone, work out a service plan, and ask them to port my Verizon number.
What I hear is that my new T-mobile phone will be ringing in 3-4 hours on my old number. Verizon will then issue a final bill and send it to me.
Is it really this easy?
Is wireless number (LNP) porting as easy as it claims to be?
I go to T-Mobile, pick a phone, work out a service plan, and ask them to port my Verizon number.
What I hear is that my new T-mobile phone will be ringing in 3-4 hours on my old number. Verizon will then issue a final bill and send it to me.
Is it really this easy?
Oct 12, 2007 | 7:52 pm
#4
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Porting IN to TMO has taken as short as 10 minutes.
And as long as 10 days when the MVNO (reseller of Cingular) couldn't figure out how to release the number. Finny how they got active after I mentioned the FCC fines....
Oh, TMO told me that Sprint was the worst for releasing numbers for porting out.
And as long as 10 days when the MVNO (reseller of Cingular) couldn't figure out how to release the number. Finny how they got active after I mentioned the FCC fines....
Oh, TMO told me that Sprint was the worst for releasing numbers for porting out.
Oct 15, 2007 | 9:47 am
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I would recommend the following steps:
- Buy the phone
- Activate under TMo with new phone number
- Call and have a TMo customer service rep do the number switch for you
Oct 15, 2007 | 9:50 am
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The most important thing is that you not call your existing carrier to cancel. If you do that you will lose your telephone number. Call the new carrier and have them do the port. As others have said, it's a fairly simple process.