Porting a number

[mramos3102]

How long does it take to port a number from another carrier.

It has been 6 hours. Do I need to wait longer.

[gblackma · Accepted solution]

@mramos3102  if your port was from another cell provider. Then its probably stuck. Contact the moderators and ask them to fix it for you. There are 2 ways to contact the Moderator Team:

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[gpixel]

@mramos3102 honestly it only takes 2 hours to port a mobile number if done correctly. I just did 2 accounts today $2 baby! the first account didn't receive calls until about an hour and then texts came soon after. the accounts were with virgin. I also restarted the two phones and a network reset for each as soon as the sims were installed.

whats the make and model of the device?

try resetting your network settings

[TurtleMcRib]

Try restarting your device.

[BeachNBeer]

From what provider? Cell providers could be a few hours, landlines up to 7 days.

Did you do the port when activating ? Or selected a temp number? If temp number did you send a ticket to moderators to port your number?

Does anything work?  Old account needs to be active and in good standing as well

[popping]

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@mramos3102 wrote:

How long does it take to port a number from another carrier.

It has been 6 hours. Do I need to wait longer.

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It will take couple hours to 2 days.  It depends on how quickly your old provider how quickly to release your number to PM.

You should be using your number on your PM SIM card.  All incoming calls will go to your old SIM card until they release your number to PM.

Edit:

Porting a landline number will take up to 1 week to complete.

Data points:  The following are my experience on porting times.

- Porting number from Rogers/Fido takes about 30 minutes.

- Porting number for 7-11 Speckout takes about 4 hours

- Porting number from Telus prepaid and Koodo postpaid is almost instant.