@computergeek541 wrote:
@ShawnC13 wrote:
@computergeek541 wrote:
@Luddite wrote:Disagree with my colleague; port-in after PM fully active: BE PREPARED
However, each to their own.
Some do not even like Ralph!
Ralph
When i signed up, I did my number port during activation. But, I can understand the argument about taking a new number first.
For potential new customers who are wondering, this is to avoid a strange problem that Public mobile sometimes has in which a phone number is activated but the service is never provisioned and doesn't start working. This can happen even when taking a brand new number first, but in that case, at least your old phone number will still be working at the provider that you will soon be leaving.
If porting is initiated at time of activation and there is a problem where the port gets stuck and people experience not being able to receive calls or texts, the previous providers SIM is still working and can be used until it stops working. I see it as activating a sim and porting later is just two transactions that could go wrong now instead of doing it all at once.
This is quite possible. However, we don't have access to Public Mobile's internal statistics as to which error has a higher probablility. It's possible for one issue to be far more likely than the other, the chances of each not being equal.
I personally don't believe in the taking a new number first thing either, and believe that if the problem is going to occur, it's going to happen regardless. But, if Public does do the activation glitch and manages to actually full port your number but then doesn't properly activate your sim card, your phone number will then be in limbo and incoming calls won't ring anywhere.
When done right and there is no system glitch, both options yield success. Since it is so easy to do a two step which at least will provide a running service even if the porting fails, I fail to see why people would not universally go the two step route. If the self serve was super robust and there was mulligans allowed, I would advocate not wasting key strokes. Such is not the case, so why not maximize the potential for at least partial success.
@ShawnC13 wrote:
@computergeek541 wrote:
@Luddite wrote:Disagree with my colleague; port-in after PM fully active: BE PREPARED
However, each to their own.
Some do not even like Ralph!
When i signed up, I did my number port during activation. But, I can understand the argument about taking a new number first.
For potential new customers who are wondering, this is to avoid a strange problem that Public mobile sometimes has in which a phone number is activated but the service is never provisioned and doesn't start working. This can happen even when taking a brand new number first, but in that case, at least your old phone number will still be working at the provider that you will soon be leaving.
If porting is initiated at time of activation and there is a problem where the port gets stuck and people experience not being able to receive calls or texts, the previous providers SIM is still working and can be used until it stops working. I see it as activating a sim and porting later is just two transactions that could go wrong now instead of doing it all at once.
This is quite possible. However, we don't have access to Public Mobile's internal statistics as to which error has a higher probablility. It's possible for one issue to be far more likely than the other, the chances of each not being equal.
I personally don't believe in the taking a new number first thing either, and believe that if the problem is going to occur, it's going to happen regardless. But, if Public does do the activation glitch and manages to actually full port your number but then doesn't properly activate your sim card, your phone number will then be in limbo and incoming calls won't ring anywhere.
@computergeek541 wrote:
@Luddite wrote:Disagree with my colleague; port-in after PM fully active: BE PREPARED
However, each to their own.
Some do not even like Ralph!
When i signed up, I did my number port during activation. But, I can understand the argument about taking a new number first.
For potential new customers who are wondering, this is to avoid a strange problem that Public mobile sometimes has in which a phone number is activated but the service is never provisioned and doesn't start working. This can happen even when taking a brand new number first, but in that case, at least your old phone number will still be working at the provider that you will soon be leaving.
If porting is initiated at time of activation and there is a problem where the port gets stuck and people experience not being able to receive calls or texts, the previous providers SIM is still working and can be used until it stops working. I see it as activating a sim and porting later is just two transactions that could go wrong now instead of doing it all at once.
@Luddite wrote:Disagree with my colleague; port-in after PM fully active: BE PREPARED
However, each to their own.
Some do not even like Ralph!
When i signed up, I did my number port during activation. But, I can understand the argument about taking a new number first.
For potential new customers who are wondering, this is to avoid a strange problem that Public mobile sometimes has in which a phone number is activated but the service is never provisioned and doesn't start working. This can happen even when taking a brand new number first, but in that case, at least your old phone number will still be working at the provider that you will soon be leaving.
Disagree with my colleague; port-in after PM fully active: BE PREPARED
However, each to their own. 
Some do not even like Ralph!
