For lots of reasons, my wife is getting tired of Cellular 1 and is
going to switch over to Verizon. OK so Verizon Wireless told her that
with the new cell phones comes new phone numbers, and i thought that
was strange that you can't keep your existing number, but then again,
I don't know much about it. But a couple friends of mine said that
there was a law passed not long ago that would allow you to keep your
existing phone number regardless of who your new carrier was.

Any fact to this? and/or how do I find out?

Thanks!

On 3/28/2011 6:10 PM, Tim wrote:
For lots of reasons, my wife is getting tired of Cellular 1 and is
going to switch over to Verizon. OK so Verizon Wireless told her that
with the new cell phones comes new phone numbers, and i thought that
was strange that you can't keep your existing number, but then again,
I don't know much about it. But a couple friends of mine said that
there was a law passed not long ago that would allow you to keep your
existing phone number regardless of who your new carrier was.

Any fact to this? and/or how do I find out?

Thanks!

Tell verizon you want to port your current telephone over to them. AFAIK
all telephone companies already put a monthly charge on your phones,
supposedly to pay for the cost of number portability.

On 28/03/2011 4:10 PM, Tim wrote:
For lots of reasons, my wife is getting tired of Cellular 1 and is
going to switch over to Verizon. OK so Verizon Wireless told her that
with the new cell phones comes new phone numbers, and i thought that
was strange that you can't keep your existing number, but then again,
I don't know much about it. But a couple friends of mine said that
there was a law passed not long ago that would allow you to keep your
existing phone number regardless of who your new carrier was.

Any fact to this? and/or how do I find out?

Thanks!

The number should be portable as mandated by Law. Congress has made
this the law.

http://www.fcc.gov/cib/consumerfacts/numbport.html

On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:10:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

a couple friends of mine said that
there was a law passed not long ago that would allow you to keep your
existing phone number regardless of who your new carrier was.

Any fact to this? and/or how do I find out?

I believe that's correct although Verizon obviously has the final say.
Tell them you won't make the switch unless you can keep the number and
see what happens.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:10:02 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

a couple friends of mine said that
there was a law passed not long ago that would allow you to keep your
existing phone number regardless of who your new carrier was.

Any fact to this? and/or how do I find out?

I believe that's correct although Verizon obviously has the final say.
Tell them you won't make the switch unless you can keep the number and
see what happens.



Here's what the FCC sez:

http://www.fcc.gov/cib/consumerfacts/numbport.html

The important sentence:

"Once you request service from the new company, however, your old
company may not refuse to port your number, even if you owe money for an
outstanding balance or termination fee."

On Mar 28, 7:49*pm, Harryk wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:10:02 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

a couple friends of mine said that
there was a law passed not long ago that would allow you to keep your
existing phone number regardless of who your new carrier was.

Any fact to this? and/or how do I find out?

I believe that's correct although Verizon obviously has the final say.
Tell them you won't make the switch unless you can keep the number and
see what happens.

Here's what the FCC sez:

http://www.fcc.gov/cib/consumerfacts/numbport.html

The important sentence:

"Once you request service from the new company, however, your old
company may not refuse to port your number, even if you owe money for an
outstanding balance or termination fee."

No money owed. The contract is up.

In article 316032c0-ab8a-4558-85b1-
, says...

For lots of reasons, my wife is getting tired of Cellular 1 and is
going to switch over to Verizon. OK so Verizon Wireless told her that
with the new cell phones comes new phone numbers, and i thought that
was strange that you can't keep your existing number, but then again,
I don't know much about it. But a couple friends of mine said that
there was a law passed not long ago that would allow you to keep your
existing phone number regardless of who your new carrier was.

Any fact to this? and/or how do I find out?

Thanks!

I kept my number when I switched carriers.

HA! I got the new phone which is smaller than my older one but has a
lot more features. Still a flip-phone though. Now I have to switch
over a bunch of numbers. And unfortunately, I couldnt' keep my old
existing number, because cellular 1 was a local company and I had a
local number. Verizon doesn't have a local office so i was issued a
new number. so got boned there, but otherswise.....

Now I wonder how long this one will hold up?

Tim wrote:
HA! I got the new phone which is smaller than my older one but has a
lot more features. Still a flip-phone though. Now I have to switch
over a bunch of numbers. And unfortunately, I couldnt' keep my old
existing number, because cellular 1 was a local company and I had a
local number. Verizon doesn't have a local office so i was issued a
new number. so got boned there, but otherswise.....

Now I wonder how long this one will hold up?


How long the phone holds up depends upon how much you abuse it.
My wife has an LG flip phone she uses a lot, and she usually gets two
years out of them before she gets a new one.

On the other hand, I have an old buddy with an equilibrium problem that
I suspect is caused by single malt. At least once and usually twice a
summer, he manages to fall off the dock into the drink and he always has
his cell phone with him. So, he gets at least one new phone a year.

If you are talking about switching over phone numbers stored in your old
phone, Verizon should be able to do that at no cost at one of its
offices. There also is an on-line Verizon stored phone numbers manager
application which lets you type the numbers you want to safe on your
computer, load them up to the app on line and it will download them to
your cell phone. I am sure most of the larger providers have an
identical service.

I use gmail to type in, store, and download my cell phone numbers. I
like it better than the verizon app that does pretty much the same thing.

On Apr 4, 7:33*am, Harryk wrote:


If you are talking about switching over phone numbers stored in your old
phone, Verizon should be able to do that at no cost at one of its
offices. There also is an on-line Verizon stored phone numbers manager
application which lets you type the numbers you want to safe on your
computer, load them up to the app on line and it will download them to
your cell phone. I am sure most of the larger providers have an
identical service.

I use gmail to type in, store, and download my cell phone numbers. I
like it better than the verizon app that does pretty much the same thing.

I Might look into that, Harry.