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I'm converting one of my lines from VOIP to Sprint since there is a deal where you save $100 if you port a number.

 

I tried to pull in a number that came from Verizion Wireless to my VOIP provider some odd years ago, and I attempted to port that number out of my VOIP to Sprint... Sprint now says that they can't port the number, something between it being either a 1x number or iden or something of the sort... This was at a store but it just seems odd.

 

When checking the eligibility with sprint says that it's not able to be ported.  Verizon says they can port it.  I guess they pull their number back? Can someone explain this at all?  

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Hrm, that's a thought...yeah.. google doesn't support it.. :(  my guess is that I would need to port it back to verizon and then see where I could port it too...

 

Verizon says it would take 10 days to port..I guess I would activate it on a verizon handset.. pay what ever fees it would take and then see if it could be ported out.. $36 activation fee.. service for how many days???  Porbably $100 for a stupid number.

 

not sure if it's worth it.

 

Just curious what could block porting of a number such as this.

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Hrm, that's a thought...yeah.. google doesn't support it.. :(  my guess is that I would need to port it back to verizon and then see where I could port it too...

 

Verizon says it would take 10 days to port..I guess I would activate it on a verizon handset.. pay what ever fees it would take and then see if it could be ported out.. $36 activation fee.. service for how many days???  Porbably $100 for a stupid number.

 

not sure if it's worth it.

 

Just curious what could block porting of a number such as this.

Can you port it to a Verizon Prepaid MVNO?

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Can you port it to a Verizon Prepaid MVNO?

 

The few that I looked at didn't have a porting eligibility page. It might be possible, but no way to very without ordering is what a couple of them said.

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You might be able to call verizon and tell them to release the number for porting, since there was a law about being allowed to port a number from anywhere to anywhere.

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The number originated with Verizon Wireless (could even have been Alltel even) and then ported to my current VOIP provider.  So I'm sure if I called Verizon they would go HUH? we don't have that number...  I'm sure they have the block on it, but getting to the right department would probably be a nightmare.

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I did a "find co" on the number at dsl reports and it can't find the area code??.. it's 704-999-xxxx  if any one is curious.

That's the area code for North Carolina.

 

I remember working at ATT, business lines couldn't be ported out, only redirected, but cellphone and home lines could be ported anywhere, back and forth. Strange.

 

 

-Luis

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