Business landline to personal wireless (both Verizon)

[MaryEllen]

I have a question I can't find the answer to here (I searched...). I hope I posted this in the correct forum.

I have an existing Verizon business landline, and an existing personal Verizon cell phone. Different numbers.

I'd like to get rid of the landline completely and have the number ported over to my cell phone. I did check, and the landline is available for porting. The reason I need to keep the landline number is because of existing advertising, graphics, website listings, etc...

My questions are:

Can I do this? Business landline to personal cell phone?

This will be transparent to my customers, correct?

Can I still keep my existing cell phone number? Or must I have a separate cell phone for the ported number? I'd like my existing cell phone to ring if EITHER number is called, know what I mean?

If I can use the same phone for both numbers, I'm assuming I can set a different ringtone for calls being ported from the landline? And if I can use both phones, is there any way for me to have the outgoing calls (from the cell phone) display the landline number and name on the recipient's caller ID?

If I cannot have both numbers ring to my cell phone, would the separate cell phone (for the business) display the company info on the recipient's caller ID?

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide!

Mary Ellen

[acraftylady]

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@MaryEllen wrote:

I have a question I can't find the answer to here (I searched...). I hope I posted this in the correct forum.

I have an existing Verizon business landline, and an existing personal Verizon cell phone. Different numbers.

I'd like to get rid of the landline completely and have the number ported over to my cell phone. I did check, and the landline is available for porting. The reason I need to keep the landline number is because of existing advertising, graphics, website listings, etc...

My questions are:

Can I do this? Business landline to personal cell phone?

This will be transparent to my customers, correct?

Can I still keep my existing cell phone number? Or must I have a separate cell phone for the ported number? I'd like my existing cell phone to ring if EITHER number is called, know what I mean?

If I can use the same phone for both numbers, I'm assuming I can set a different ringtone for calls being ported from the landline? And if I can use both phones, is there any way for me to have the outgoing calls (from the cell phone) display the landline number and name on the recipient's caller ID?

If I cannot have both numbers ring to my cell phone, would the separate cell phone (for the business) display the company info on the recipient's caller ID?

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide!

Mary Ellen

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Correct me if I am wrong but you need a cell phone for each phone number you want.  I have never heard of being able to have two numbers on one cell phone.  You can set different ring tones for different people though.  We dropped our verizon land line in January and our home number we had for 20yrs. was ported to my cell so it's now our main phone.  My cell number is no longer and probablly went back into the pool and given to someone else.  I can't remember all th details of doing this but I put the order in online and I believe it gave me a date of when the port would take place so I think it was like a week from the time I put the order in.  I was able to keep updated and check the status online with my account.

  Then on the date it said it would take place a little after midnight  I was sent a text on my cell to let me know the port went through and my home numbrer was working right away on the cell and my cell number was no longer.  I have to say the whole procedure was flawless and easy and I love now that I get all my calls while out and about and when on vacation don't have to call home to check my answering machine.  We don't get a lot of calls but need the cells and texting with son away at college and we were hardly using the home phone so was the best solution for our needs.    Mary