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Kerze · 21st Jul 2012, 03:27 PM

So, I just got a smart phone and I love it, the only problem is the number. I really want to keep my old phone number because, without going into too much detail, I'm a little crazy, and it was all made up of palindromes, which I liked and found reassuring (as I said, crazy). My new number is on contract and my old was on pay as you go, they're on different networks. The new phone also as a micro sim.

Tl:dr - Is there any way I can keep my old number on my new phone/contract?

SunSparks · 21st Jul 2012, 11:20 PM

Even if your old number was on a different network, they should be able to transfer the number over. Just contact your current network provider... although you probably should have asked before you got a new number... but just ask them and they should be able to do it. I had it done when I moved from Verizon to AT&T... phone numbers are by local phone serving centers... not by carriers... like my area got so full that we now have two area codes for the same region. I don't think my post is of much help... so sorry

Katelynn · 21st Jul 2012, 11:30 PM

You can, indeed, keep your old number, but you need to contact your old provider as soon as you can to request that the number be 'ported' over to your new carrier. I used to work for TMobile & this was a very common request. Typically it takes about 2 to 48 hours for the number to port over, but in my experience, it doesnt even take 2 hours, usually it happens quicker than that. If you wait too long to call tho, you may be out of luck, as after a period of time, your old number will get reassigned, so be sure to contact them as soon as you can. If it's been longer than 30 days tho since its about that long that the # gets held in reserve.

Kerze · 22nd Jul 2012, 02:56 AM

Thanks for your help guys, I need to wait for my mum (her name is on the contract because she's paying for it) to get home to do it, apparently, but I'll do it then.

You were both really helpful though, I must have spent an hour googling this and every answer was so much more convoluted and confusing than 'phone them and they'll do it'. I'm so derpy about anything more technologically advance than a games consol.

21st Jul 2012, 03:27 PM	#1
Kerze BEWARB! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Friends, Sister Location: Surrey, England Age: 18 Posts: 1,888 Join Date: Aug 2010	Transferring a Number? So, I just got a smart phone and I love it, the only problem is the number. I really want to keep my old phone number because, without going into too much detail, I'm a little crazy, and it was all made up of palindromes, which I liked and found reassuring (as I said, crazy). My new number is on contract and my old was on pay as you go, they're on different networks. The new phone also as a micro sim. Tl:dr - Is there any way I can keep my old number on my new phone/contract? __________________ Be kind to me, or treat me mean I'll make the most of it, I'm an Extraordinary Machine

21st Jul 2012, 11:20 PM	#2
SunSparks The Naive One Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Open to all at Uni Location: upstate New York (For University) Age: 18 Posts: 1,176 Join Date: Jul 2012	Re: Transferring a Number? Even if your old number was on a different network, they should be able to transfer the number over. Just contact your current network provider... although you probably should have asked before you got a new number... but just ask them and they should be able to do it. I had it done when I moved from Verizon to AT&T... phone numbers are by local phone serving centers... not by carriers... like my area got so full that we now have two area codes for the same region. I don't think my post is of much help... so sorry __________________ If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm. ~Frank Lane

21st Jul 2012, 11:30 PM	#3
Katelynn The user formerly known as kiersten Full Member Gender: Transgender - MtF Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Pretty much out to friends,family & at my college Location: Sarnia, ON Posts: 1,555 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: Transferring a Number? You can, indeed, keep your old number, but you need to contact your old provider as soon as you can to request that the number be 'ported' over to your new carrier. I used to work for TMobile & this was a very common request. Typically it takes about 2 to 48 hours for the number to port over, but in my experience, it doesnt even take 2 hours, usually it happens quicker than that. If you wait too long to call tho, you may be out of luck, as after a period of time, your old number will get reassigned, so be sure to contact them as soon as you can. If it's been longer than 30 days tho since its about that long that the # gets held in reserve. __________________ Penny: What's Sheldon's deal? Leonard: What do you mean "deal"? Penny : You know, like, what's his deal? Is it girls? Guys? Sock puppets? Leonard: Honestly, we've been operating under the assumption that he has no deal.

22nd Jul 2012, 02:56 AM	#4
Kerze BEWARB! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Friends, Sister Location: Surrey, England Age: 18 Posts: 1,888 Join Date: Aug 2010	Re: Transferring a Number? Thanks for your help guys, I need to wait for my mum (her name is on the contract because she's paying for it) to get home to do it, apparently, but I'll do it then. You were both really helpful though, I must have spent an hour googling this and every answer was so much more convoluted and confusing than 'phone them and they'll do it'. I'm so derpy about anything more technologically advance than a games consol. __________________ Be kind to me, or treat me mean I'll make the most of it, I'm an Extraordinary Machine

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