Porting Numbers Question

[ronist]

Can I use my old number in another carrier after porting in a new number?

Basically, I want to port in my wife's number to my current plan. I still want my phone number when I sign up for a new carrier.

Is it possible?

[Wonder_why]

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@stonechucker wrote:

Well to be completely honest, the sims are currently required by the phone so we can get service.  $10 here at Public Mobile whether you get it online or via a local retailer (off promo) is a rip-off.

Other carriers, in-store SIM purchase is $25-$30 in the 'activation fee'.  Waived online.

The new e-sims are just the old technology which had to be performed at in-store locations back in the CDMA days.  Looks like we'll have to pay for that activation sometime soon too if all phones start getting the e-SIMs, rather than physical ones.

Fun note.. I saw something that said the iPhones for China (new models) actually have dual tray SIMs, as the esims do not exist (yet?) in China.

Now IPhone XS or XS Max come with 

• Dual SIM (nano-SIM and eSIM)11
• iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max are not compatible with existing micro‑SIM cards.

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[stonechucker]

Well to be completely honest, the sims are currently required by the phone so we can get service.  $10 here at Public Mobile whether you get it online or via a local retailer (off promo) is a rip-off.

Other carriers, in-store SIM purchase is $25-$30 in the 'activation fee'.  Waived online.

The new e-sims are just the old technology which had to be performed at in-store locations back in the CDMA days.  Looks like we'll have to pay for that activation sometime soon too if all phones start getting the e-SIMs, rather than physical ones.

Fun note.. I saw something that said the iPhones for China (new models) actually have dual tray SIMs, as the esims do not exist (yet?) in China.

[Wonder_why]

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@popping wrote:

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@Wonder_why wrote:

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@stonechucker wrote:

@Wonder_why, @ronist,

Yes, it is technically possible, however the powers that be have instructed the Moderator_Team to not do this any longer.

This is something that was done about 18 months ago a couple times and was discontinued.

The idea behind self-server systems is to be able to do everything yourself, and this is not remotely close to being something the system is designed to allow to happen.

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@stonechucker at lease should allowed us to do it, agreed 

why make us killing the Sim Cards 

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I am not aware of any cellphone provider in Canada allowing saving your plan when you port out your number.  We can discuss about the right or wrong of this practice.  Carrier will continue with this practice until CRTC changes it.

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Is all about money grabing from the Providers, take 50 cents to product the Sim Card or less

[popping]

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@Wonder_why wrote:

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@stonechucker wrote:

@Wonder_why, @ronist,

Yes, it is technically possible, however the powers that be have instructed the Moderator_Team to not do this any longer.

This is something that was done about 18 months ago a couple times and was discontinued.

The idea behind self-server systems is to be able to do everything yourself, and this is not remotely close to being something the system is designed to allow to happen.

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@stonechucker at lease should allowed us to do it, agreed 

why make us killing the Sim Cards 

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I am not aware of any cellphone provider in Canada allowing saving your plan when you port out your number.  We can discuss about the right or wrong of this practice.  Carrier will continue with this practice until CRTC changes it.

[Wonder_why]

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@stonechucker wrote:

@Wonder_why, @ronist,

Yes, it is technically possible, however the powers that be have instructed the Moderator_Team to not do this any longer.

This is something that was done about 18 months ago a couple times and was discontinued.

The idea behind self-server systems is to be able to do everything yourself, and this is not remotely close to being something the system is designed to allow to happen.

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@stonechucker at lease should allowed us to do it, agreed 

why make us killing the Sim Cards 

[stonechucker]

@Wonder_why, @ronist,

Yes, it is technically possible, however the powers that be have instructed the Moderator_Team to not do this any longer.

This is something that was done about 18 months ago a couple times and was discontinued.

The idea behind self-server systems is to be able to do everything yourself, and this is not remotely close to being something the system is designed to allow to happen.

[Wonder_why]

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@ronist wrote:

To answer my own question. It is possible to get assigned a temporary number after the original number is ported out. This would keep the account active until my wife's number is ported in. The agent would have go out of their way as it is not standard practice. very YMMV.

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Not with PM, the MOD don't want to do it but it can be done, if the MOD willing to

[ronist · Accepted solution]

To answer my own question. It is possible to get assigned a temporary number after the original number is ported out. This would keep the account active until my wife's number is ported in. The agent would have go out of their way as it is not standard practice. very YMMV.

[ronist]

Yes, I'm on a plan that's no longer available.

[austinhuang]

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@ronist wrote:

Can I use my old number in another carrier after porting in a new number?

Basically, I want to port in my wife's number to my current plan. I still want my phone number when I sign up for a new carrier.

Is it possible?

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Let your wife create a new account. Do note that you will lose all the rewards and balance. Not sure if $10 referral (for your wife) applies when you put in your number when registering for your wife but it's worth a try.

After you let your wife use your referral, port out.

[krazykiwi]

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@ronist wrote:

Can I use my old number in another carrier after porting in a new number?

Basically, I want to port in my wife's number to my current plan. I still want my phone number when I sign up for a new carrier.

Is it possible?

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I am assuming you want your wife to have your PM account and you are getting a different carrier. Unless you have a plan that is better than what they are offering now why not just port your number to the new carrier and start a new account for your wife. 

[Anonymous]

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@ronist wrote:

Can I use my old number in another carrier after porting in a new number?

Basically, I want to port in my wife's number to my current plan. I still want my phone number when I sign up for a new carrier.

Is it possible?

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Are you on a plan that no longer exists? Was it a promo that isn't selectable anymore?

[ShawnC13]

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@ronist wrote:

Can I use my old number in another carrier after porting in a new number?

Basically, I want to port in my wife's number to my current plan. I still want my phone number when I sign up for a new carrier.

Is it possible?

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Once you port in a new number to your plan you lose the rights to that old number.  So if you port in your wifes number to your plan you will lose your current number and not be able to use it with another provider