Porting a Sasktel number

[Mach1]

It appears that if you have a Sasktel number in a community that has a Telus presence porting is no problem. (I played around porting numbers from several such communities) If your Sasktel number is from a community without the Telus presence as I am, on line porting does not work and the following message is displayed when checking the number on page two of the activation process:

We were unable to transfer the phone number you entered. Try one of the following options:
- Make sure you entered your number correctly.
- Select a new number.
- Contact the Public Mobile Community for further assistance.

I wish to continue using my present number. There has to be a way to make this work.

[Nezgar]

It's all based on which carriers are present in each city or "Rate Centre". If Telus isn't listed for a given rate centre where SaskTel is, then a port to Telus Mobility/Koodo/Public Mobile is not possible.

This site is the authority of which companies are present in each rate centre: http://cnac.ca/co_codes/co_code_status.htm

For example, look at Rosthern, SK:

NPA	CO Code (NXX)	Company	OCN	Status	Rate Centre
306	212	SaskTel Mobility	9868	In Service	Rosthern
306	223	SaskTel	8091	In Service	Rosthern
306	232	SaskTel	8091	In Service	Rosthern
306	349	TELUS Mobility	8303	In Service	Rosthern
306	406	Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless)	8821	In Service	Rosthern
639	375	Distributel	081E	In Service	Rosthern
639	388	Iristel Inc.	154E	In Service	Rosthern
639	396	Iristel Inc.	154E	In Service	Rosthern
639	426	Bell Mobility	6574	In Service	Rosthern
639	439	Access Communications Co-operative Limited	280H	In Service	Rosthern
639	519	Distributel	081E	In Service	Rosthern

Numbers would be portable between all of these listed companies present in that rate centre (Rosthern).

But - in an even smaller community, for example Climax, SK ( 😂 ) :

NPA	CO Code (NXX)	Company	OCN	Status	Rate Centre
306	293	SaskTel	8091	In Service	Climax

- SaskTel is literally the only carrier with a presence in that rate centre, so a 306-293 number would be impossible to port anywhere else... Similarly Christopher Lake only has a SaskTel presence, even though Rogers has a big cell tower there... (I guess its just cottage country, so it would mostly be people coming in with their Regina/Saskatoon/Prince Albert phones hehe)

You would be able to port a Bethune, SK number to Bell and some VoIP providers, but not Telus or Rogers:

NPA	CO Code (NXX)	Company	OCN	Status	Rate Centre
306	638	SaskTel	8091	In Service	Bethune
639	203	SaskTel Mobility	9868	In Service	Bethune
639	615	Distributel	081E	In Service	Bethune
639	715	Distributel	081E	In Service	Bethune
639	765	Bell Mobility	6574	In Service	Bethune

You cannot port Wynyard, SK numbers to VoIP providers: (ie my voip.ms account says NO)

NPA	CO Code (NXX)	Company	OCN	Status	Rate Centre
306	328	SaskTel	8091	In Service	Wynyard
306	404	Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless)	8821	In Service	Wynyard
306	554	SaskTel	8091	In Service	Wynyard
306	560	SaskTel Mobility	9868	In Service	Wynyard
306	576	SaskTel	8091	In Service	Wynyard
639	283	Bell Mobility	6574	In Service	Wynyard
639	345	TELUS Mobility	8303	In Service	Wynyard
639	654	Access Communications Co-operative Limited	280H	In Service	Wynyard

Cheers! -N

[computergeek541 · Accepted solution]

Sorry, but if there are no Telus Mobility-assigned phone numbers in a particular city, a number from that same city cannot be ported to Public Mobile.

You could use some combination of call forwarding but you would end up having two different phone numbers at two different services.