Porting second (home) phone number to cell phone ?

I'd like to ditch my landline at home but keep the number. Is there a way
to port that number to an existing VZW cell phone account, while keeping the
existing wireless phone number?

-- Paul

"Paul" <paule-nospam@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:131ahqutd36l247@news.supernews.com...
> I'd like to ditch my landline at home but keep the number. Is there a way
> to port that number to an existing VZW cell phone account, while keeping
> the existing wireless phone number?
>
> -- Paul
>
>

No problem porting a landline to cell- but you'd need another account/phone
to port it to.

The way you describe what you'd like to do, you'd have two phone numbers for
one phone----the landline number you want to keep, and the existing
cellphone number, both of which would ring the cellphone. If that's correct,
strictly speaking, I don't believe it's possible...as the below poster said,
you need a telephone account of some kind for each number.

There may be a creative way to do this, depending on how much money you want
to spend and how many calls you expect to receive on the current cellphone
number, but if the desired result is those two phone numbers on one
cellphone account, and one bill, probably not.


Dean



"Paul" <paule-nospam@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:131ahqutd36l247@news.supernews.com...
> I'd like to ditch my landline at home but keep the number. Is there a way
> to port that number to an existing VZW cell phone account, while keeping
> the existing wireless phone number?
>
> -- Paul
>
>

Kicking Bird wrote:
> "Paul" <paule-nospam@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:131ahqutd36l247@news.supernews.com...
>> I'd like to ditch my landline at home but keep the number. Is there
>> a way to port that number to an existing VZW cell phone account,
>> while keeping the existing wireless phone number?
>>
>> -- Paul
>>
>>
>
> No problem porting a landline to cell- but you'd need another
> account/phone to port it to.

Preferably, port to another number on a family plan. Otherwise it might
be cheaper to keep the landline and do call-forwarding to the cell.
Another way keeping the landline could save you money is that the
outgoing local calls would be free in most cases.

--
SlobbyDon

Paul wrote:
> I'd like to ditch my landline at home but keep the number. Is there a way
> to port that number to an existing VZW cell phone account, while keeping the
> existing wireless phone number?

You could port your number to a VOIP provider that allows forwarding,
but it won't be free. Wait for a special on SunRocket where it's
$8.50/month for unlimited, on a two-year plan. Maybe someone else knows
of a cheaper VOIP solution that supports porting. Unfortunately,
Voicestick, the least expensive VOIP provider, doesn't do porting of
numbers.

> I'd like to ditch my landline at home but keep the number. Is there a way
> to port that number to an existing VZW cell phone account, while keeping
> the existing wireless phone number?

I emailed Verizon, and this was the response:

"Verizon Wireless does not support the use of having multiple number on one
wireless handset." and "If you wish to port your number to Verizon Wireless
you must activate this number on separate equipment."

-- Paul

Paul wrote:
>> I'd like to ditch my landline at home but keep the number. Is there a way
>> to port that number to an existing VZW cell phone account, while keeping
>> the existing wireless phone number?
>
> I emailed Verizon, and this was the response:
>
> "Verizon Wireless does not support the use of having multiple number on one
> wireless handset." and "If you wish to port your number to Verizon Wireless
> you must activate this number on separate equipment."
>
> -- Paul
>
>
My buddy did what you are looking for by putting another phone on his
plan and porting his number to it. Most of the time it is turned off and
forwards to his original cell phone.

In article <G4adneEiVZ0IEovbnZ2dnUVZ_qCmnZ2d@adelphia.com>, George wrote:

> My buddy did what you are looking for by putting another phone on his
> plan and porting his number to it. Most of the time it is turned off and
> forwards to his original cell phone.

If you get a lot of calls to the home phone, it may be cheaper to just
drop the home phone to an inexpensive metered call service and forward
the calls.

--
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Victorville, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED

It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room.

Steven J. Sobol wrote:
> In article <G4adneEiVZ0IEovbnZ2dnUVZ_qCmnZ2d@adelphia.com>, George wrote:
>
>> My buddy did what you are looking for by putting another phone on his
>> plan and porting his number to it. Most of the time it is turned off and
>> forwards to his original cell phone.
>
> If you get a lot of calls to the home phone, it may be cheaper to just
> drop the home phone to an inexpensive metered call service and forward
> the calls.
>

I think that would be more expensive since when you forward each call is
counted. He would need the phone service, a calling package and forwarding.

He could add a family plan phone on his account for $10 and not incur
other charges.

"Paul" <paule-nospam@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:131d0o2hekco493@news.supernews.com...
>> I'd like to ditch my landline at home but keep the number. Is there a
>> way to port that number to an existing VZW cell phone account, while
>> keeping the existing wireless phone number?
>
> I emailed Verizon, and this was the response:
>
> "Verizon Wireless does not support the use of having multiple number on
> one wireless handset." and "If you wish to port your number to Verizon
> Wireless you must activate this number on separate equipment."
>
> -- Paul
>

The good old days are gone.

Back when cellular was at it's infancy, I used to have a phone with quad NAM
and had three seperate numbers in it. My local number and two other cities
that
I traveled to a lot. Then those people in the other cities I was in
wouldn't have to
call me long distance and have charges even if I wasn't in their city, it
would just
be a local call to them and my phone would ring wherever I was.

Now a days we don't worry with free roaming and long distance.