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Why is ATT holding my landline number hostage?
I tried a month ago to port my landline to Magic jack and got a port request pending error, after several calls and Att and Magic jack blaming each other I gave up and canceled the request. Now I bought a Gophone and am trying to port to it an ATT got the same error. ATT support said maybe comcast has a hold on it so I called comcast and they said there is no hold. Why is it so hard to do this! will I have to just cancel my account and give up my number or should I go to the FCC.
bizhui
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9 years ago
go to FCC and see if you can get something
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formerlyknownas
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9 years ago
This isn't an FCC problem.
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ATTDmitriyCM
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9 years ago
Hi @jimho14
"ATT support said maybe comcast has a hold on it so I called comcast and they said there is no hold."
Is your landline service with Comcast?
Thanks,
Dmitriy
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jimho14
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jimho14
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9 years ago
we had Uverse and went back to landline copper and were promised $30 a month bill wich ended up being $45 now it just went up to $62, so I am switching it to local service only.
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formerlyknownas
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9 years ago
Either you are using the wrong information to port your number, which is possible if you had the problem twice. Or you are losing the number due to a delay in porting, most likely. If you notify at&t before you initiate porting, ask them not to deactivate until you complete the port, or use google voice to hold your number, it will solve the problem. Either way you will briefly have 2 devices with the same phone number.
BTW, the FCC has a publication on the issue.
http://www.fcc.gov/guides/portability-keeping-your-phone-number-when-changing-service-providers
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ATTDmitriyCM
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9 years ago
Thank you @jimho14
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Thank you,
Dmitriy
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