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T - 14 Dec 2005 18:26 GMT

Has anyone had any experience porting a Sprint cell number to Cingular? I'm
considering making the switch for the new Blackberry 8700 but have had my
number for several years.

Any hassles and or recommendations on what to anticipate. How long did they
take to complete the porting?

Thanks,
T

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Fred - 14 Dec 2005 20:33 GMT

There should be no problem. It's usually done the same day. Just make sure
you have the correct Sprint account number and the exact way your name is
listed on the bill and DO NOT cancel the number with Sprint.

Fred

> Has anyone had any experience porting a Sprint cell number to Cingular?
> I'm considering making the switch for the new Blackberry 8700 but have had
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> Thanks,
> T

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Wirelessjuan - 15 Dec 2005 01:02 GMT

I've ported many customers from Sprint to Cingular. Some have ported
before the customer has left the store others it took about 3 hours.
Your Sprint phone will work for incoming calls and the Cingular phone
will work for outbound calls until the port is complete. Remember to
take your Sprint account number with you.

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T - 15 Dec 2005 04:35 GMT

Can I still do the porting at a store even if I buy the phone and service
elsewhere, such as Amazon?

> I've ported many customers from Sprint to Cingular. Some have ported
> before the customer has left the store others it took about 3 hours.
> Your Sprint phone will work for incoming calls and the Cingular phone
> will work for outbound calls until the port is complete. Remember to
> take your Sprint account number with you.

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Fred - 15 Dec 2005 15:26 GMT

Yes. As long as it is a compatable phone.

Fred

> Can I still do the porting at a store even if I buy the phone and service
> elsewhere, such as Amazon?
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>> will work for outbound calls until the port is complete. Remember to
>> take your Sprint account number with you.

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Isaiah Beard - 15 Dec 2005 16:39 GMT

> Can I still do the porting at a store even if I buy the phone and service
> elsewhere, such as Amazon?

Yes, HOWEVER, be aware that if you are expecting any rebates from
Amazon, then you should NOT port a number into that account until the
rebate has been received. For some reason, Amazon has a strange quirk
in that your mail-in rebates will invalidated if you change or port the
phone number that your Cingular phone came activated with. If you port
or change numbers before the rebate check is mailed, you WILL lose the
rebate.

This appears to be a quirk exclusive only to when Amazon sells Cingular
phones. Not sure why this is, but it is in the fine print for Amazon's
Cingular rebates.

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M.L. - 16 Dec 2005 21:55 GMT

>> Can I still do the porting at a store even if I buy the phone and service
>> elsewhere, such as Amazon?

>Yes, HOWEVER, be aware that if you are expecting any rebates from
>Amazon, then you should NOT port a number into that account until the
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>phones. Not sure why this is, but it is in the fine print for Amazon's
>Cingular rebates.

BestBuy would not allow me to port my AT&T GoPhone number to Cingular
when I took advantage of their free phone promotion on a 2-year
subscription.

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T - 16 Dec 2005 22:07 GMT

Update

I signed up with Cingular last night and the porting of both phones was
seamless. Everything was complete and working within 1 hour. Also, CS in
the Cingular store was excellent, BellSouth rep also cut me a nice deal on
the two landlines I have. Now I did walk in knowing exactly what plan and
phones I wanted and was out of the store in about 30 minutes.

FYI to those looking at the BB 8700c
If you plan to buy this on Amazon, you cannot take advantage of the rebate
AND port a number over. Of course you could wait for the rebate to clear
(as someone mentioned) then port but the rebate process can take 2-3 months.
Not worth it IMHO.

>>> Can I still do the porting at a store even if I buy the phone and
>>> service
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> when I took advantage of their free phone promotion on a 2-year
> subscription.

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Wirelessjuan - 17 Dec 2005 16:42 GMT

AT&T GoPhone is considered a prepaid number and the number belongs to
the carrier therefore the reason you couldn't port the number. Any
prepaid number is not eligible to port.

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larry - 18 Dec 2005 09:21 GMT

> AT&T GoPhone is considered a prepaid number and the number belongs to
> the carrier therefore the reason you couldn't port the number. Any
> prepaid number is not eligible to port.

last week i ported my callplus number to gobeyond (took 5
days), and the phone even got a new ota update, replacing
att with cingular. but it still don't work at the house ;-)
but i have it to use while in the few strong tdma sig
areas until they turn out the lites (or a mom & pop offers
local service) or the new att takes over and restores the
old towers. love it...

-larry / dallas

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Isaiah Beard - 15 Dec 2005 16:36 GMT

> Has anyone had any experience porting a Sprint cell number to Cingular? I'm
> considering making the switch for the new Blackberry 8700 but have had my
> number for several years.
>
> Any hassles and or recommendations on what to anticipate. How long did they
> take to complete the porting?

Took 15 minutes when I did it, for my Sprint number to port to Cingular.

(Incidentally, it took about 30 minutes to port that same number out of
Cingular and into Verizon a few days later, but that's another story).

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