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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Verizon / April 2006Can you port a cell number but keep the same carrier?
If you haven't noticed, Amazon has been having crazy sales on cell phones. I'm currently out of contract on my VZW cell and would love to keep my business with them, but at the same time I'd like to take advantage of the great prices (FAR) at Amazon. Does anyone know if I could buy a new phone/VZW account from Amazon, but then port over my old VZW number to that account? I don't mind starting up a new contract, but I do want to keep my number. Any ideas? > If you haven't noticed, Amazon has been having crazy sales on cell > phones. I'm currently out of contract on my VZW cell and would love to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > but then port over my old VZW number to that account? I don't mind > starting up a new contract, but I do want to keep my number. Any ideas? Well, if all else fails, you could port over to another carrier, and then port back to Verizon, under your new Amazon deal, before the 15-day trial period ends on the first port. >> If you haven't noticed, Amazon has been having crazy >> sales on cell phones. I'm currently out of contract on [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Amazon deal, before the 15-day trial period ends on the > first port. Have you tried this? I believe you will find that the Amazon offer is for *new* service. I think you need to be gone for some amount of time (months?) in order to be a "new" customer again. -Quick As long as I'm activating a new account with VZW, I'd be considered a "new" customer (even though I currently have an account with them already). I don't mind doing this, but I'd like to port over my *old* VZW number to the new account. Usually, in order to port, you have to be switching service providers. I'm curious if I can port the number from an out of contract account to a brand new account. > As long as I'm activating a new account with VZW, I'd be > considered a "new" customer (even though I currently have [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the number from an out of contract account to a brand new > account. And what number will you get on the old account? I think by "new customer" they mean it's not your name on the old account. Read the terms carefully for wording. I think you have to activate the new phone for some period of time on the new line? Then people in your situation could get the deal and cancel their old line (forget about numbers for the moment). I suspect you would have to end up locked into 2 lines at the minimum. Maybe not even that. The deal is better than you could get by signing a new 2 yr. contract on your existing account? Probably best to just post the wording here. Maybe call VZW? I'm sure they are aware of the Amazon deal and could tell you what exactly "new customer" means. -Quick > As long as I'm activating a new account with VZW, I'd be considered a > "new" customer (even though I currently have an account with them > already). I don't mind doing this, but I'd like to port over my *old* > VZW number to the new account. Usually, in order to port, you have to > be switching service providers. I'm curious if I can port the number > from an out of contract account to a brand new account. Your not a new customer as long as you have service. Then there is the time from which you end service with verizon and then a sign-up as a new customer. I just found out something almost like this today. I used to have Directv years ago. A tree grew and blocked the signal. Contacted the city about cutting it back and they said no. I've moved to another place. Called them and they said to get any promo deal you must be a 1st time setup only. It's been 6 yrs from when the tree grew and blocked the signal. But 6 yrs might as well be 60 yrs. Went with dish network. They also have the same policy also. Once you get the 1st time sign-up, that's it. > As long as I'm activating a new account with VZW, I'd be considered a > "new" customer (even though I currently have an account with them > already). No- you would be considered the same customer- no new line of service is being activated. The new line of service is what defines a "new" customer. >I don't mind doing this, but I'd like to port over my *old* > VZW number to the new account. Usually, in order to port, you have to > be switching service providers. I'm curious if I can port the number > from an out of contract account to a brand new account. You cannot port a number with the same carrier. > Usually, in order to port, you have to > be switching service providers. I'm curious if I can port the number > from an out of contract account to a brand new account. I don't know about the "new" customer deal but I do know you can port a number with the same service provider 'cause I did it (verizon). Also,re the DirecTV post,you can pay extra,approx $5 month,& they will come & do most anything without a service charge. >> Usually, in order to port, you have to >> be switching service providers. I'm curious if I can port the number >> from an out of contract account to a brand new account. > > I don't know about the "new" customer deal but I do know you can port a > number with the same service provider 'cause I did it (verizon). Porting is the movement of a customer's phone number from one carrier to another as outlined in the FCC's WLNP (Wireless Local Number Portability) regulations. Saying that you moved your phone number from VZW to VZW is illogical and makes no sense- the number was with VZW to begin with. >>> Usually, in order to port, you have to >>> be switching service providers. I'm curious if I can port the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > from VZW to VZW is illogical and makes no sense- the number was with > VZW to begin with. Stop showing your ignorance in public.I had a Verizon landline & ported that # to my Verizon cell.Since that's the only possible way to port using the same carrier I did not think it was necessary to add the obvious. Obviously,pun intended,I was wrong. Al >>>> Usually, in order to port, you have to >>>> be switching service providers. I'm curious if I can [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Obviously,pun intended,I was wrong. You were wrong about him being ignorant.... Verizon and Verizon Wireless are not the same carrier. -Quick > Stop showing your ignorance in public.I had a Verizon landline & ported > that # to my Verizon cell.Since that's the only possible way to port > using the same carrier I did not think it was necessary to add the > obvious. So, you ported between different carriers after all- Verizon Wireless is a partially owned subsidiary of Verizon and operates as a seperate carrier, totally independent of Verizon Communications (the landline carrier). I'm sorry- who's the ignorant one here? > Obviously,pun intended,I was wrong. Obviously, you were. > As long as I'm activating a new account with VZW, I'd be > considered a "new" customer (even though I currently have an [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > curious if I can port the number from an out of contract account > to a brand new account. I hate to inject a note of sanity into this discussion but.... is there some reason you don't call Verizon and ask them? >>> If you haven't noticed, Amazon has been having crazy >>> sales on cell phones. I'm currently out of contract on [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > -Quick Quick Is correct. The Amazon deal is for a new sub only. Read the fine print. > Have you tried this? I believe you will find that the Amazon > offer is for *new* service. I think you need to be gone for > some amount of time (months?) in order to be a "new" > customer again. That's the key question. They must have a restriction like that, otherwise, everyone would be doing the porting back and forth. |
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