Switching from AT&T to Verizon with "non-local" number...

[homercles337]

My contract with AT&T expired a week ago and i want to get a Droid with Verizon. However, i live in Boston and have a Philly number. When i switched from T-Mobile two years ago, AT&T set up a "temp account" with a Philly address, then immediately transferred it to my Boston address. Thus, keeping my Philly number with Boston address. Is there any chance that i can keep my Philly number with move to Verizon? I have had this Philly number for so long that it would be a huge pain to start a new number. I also, dont plan to be in Boston much longer, thus getting a local Boston number would be kind of stupid at this point.

 

[Sid59]

My contract with AT&T expired a week ago and i want to get a Droid with Verizon. However, i live in Boston and have a Philly number. When i switched from T-Mobile two years ago, AT&T set up a "temp account" with a Philly address, then immediately transferred it to my Boston address. Thus, keeping my Philly number with Boston address. Is there any chance that i can keep my Philly number with move to Verizon? I have had this Philly number for so long that it would be a huge pain to start a new number. I also, dont plan to be in Boston much longer, thus getting a local Boston number would be kind of stupid at this point.

I might be missing something but isn't this just a simple port of your current number to another carrier? If it's a simple port, there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

Walk into the Verizon store, pick a phone and tell the dude you want to port your Philly number.

 

[homercles337]

I might be missing something but isn't this just a simple port of your current number to another carrier? If it's a simple port, there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

Walk into the Verizon store, pick a phone and tell the dude you want to port your Philly number.

I have a Philly number with a Boston mailing address. Thus, it is not a simple local port. Carriers are restricted to area codes that can be associated with a billing address. If i switch carriers i can port a LOCAL number, but my number is not local. I went through this two years ago when i switched from T-Mobile to AT&T. It took a lengthy conversation with AT&T to get them to set up a temporary account with Philly address (my buddy's), to get a new Philly area code number that could take my old Philly area code number. Then they transferred the whole thing to a Boston account. Maybe things have changed in two years, but i suspect only a call to Verizon will resolve this.