topic Re: Number Porting in Get Support

Number Porting

sa7375 — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:14:20 GMT

Hi,

Re the current promotion offer of Oct 20-21 2018. If someone avails this offer, can he delay porting the number for another two months or so: if yes, would there be any charges porting the number later.

Thanks

Re: Number Porting

tbark — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 13:29:35 GMT

You can wait for two months to port, but you would have to keep your other acct open for the two months. Once you close the other account the number is taken back by the provider.

Re: Number Porting

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 13:30:52 GMT

@sa7375 - Also, you would be paying for two plans for the two months.

Re: Number Porting

sa7375 — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 13:55:03 GMT

Thanks but can you confirm if PM would not charge for porting later.

Re: Number Porting

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 14:05:20 GMT

@sa7375 wrote:
Thanks but can you confirm if PM would not charge for porting later.

There's no charge for porting. Timing doesn't matter. I've not heard here that they do. Has that been your experience elsewhere? It might even be that the CRTC mandates no charging. I don't know. I haven't looked it up.

Re: Number Porting

sa7375 — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 15:36:39 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@sa7375 wrote:
Thanks but can you confirm if PM would not charge for porting later.
There's no charge for porting. Timing doesn't matter. I've not heard here that they do. Has that been your experience elsewhere? It might even be that the CRTC mandates no charging. I don't know. I haven't looked it up.

Thanks again. No, I haven't had that experience but was apprehensive as some mobile carriers did charge porting fee - at least earlier.

Land-line number porting though is invariably charged by all companies.

Re: Number Porting

Dunkman — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 15:42:49 GMT

@sa7375

Customers in the past have ported landlines to public mobile and they were not charged by Public Mobile from my understanding. Not sure if your landline company charges the customer to port out. It just takes longer to port landlines to the mobile line.

Re: Number Porting

sa7375 — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 15:48:28 GMT

@Dunkman wrote:
@sa7375
Customers in the past have ported landlines to public mobile and they were not charged by Public Mobile from my understanding. Not sure if your landline company charges the customer to port out. It just takes longer to port landlines to the mobile line.

You must be a 100% right about not being charged for porting to PC. I was essentially referring to porting land-line numbers from one land-line co to another land-line co.