Porting my old number to my new Verizon cell phone

[fdasilva]

I will be moving from T-Mobile to Verizon in the near future, if I get a new Verizon cell phone with a new # how long will I have to port my old number to my new Verizon cell phone?

[#2]

fdasilva wrote:

I will be moving from T-Mobile to Verizon in the near future, if I get a new Verizon cell phone with a new # how long will I have to port my old number to my new Verizon cell phone?

When you get the new Verizon phone, tell them upfront that you want to port your old number from T-Mobile.  Once Verizon assigns a number to your new phone I don't think you can port your old number to it.

I could be wrong about this so hopefully someone who knows for sure will correct me if I am wrong. (then we'll both learn something)

[Ann154 · Accepted solution]

The OP can get a temporary number on the Verizon Wireless line and later port the other phone number over onto that line of service.

I have done it when I was purchased my Tbolt in April 2011. I had been a Verizon Wireless customer until the Alltel merger. My original Verizon line was sold to AT&T and it was transitioned there in the beginning of April. Within a week, I knew the service wasn't going to cut it. So I purchased the Tbolt under a new account and new number. I didn't port over my number right away because there were a few more areas I wanted to test the AT&T signal. Two weeks after I purchased the Tbolt, I ported over my original preferred phone number on top of the temp number.

[#4]

Well, there you go, you can learn something everyday.

Thank you Ann,