As of 12:30 today, March 7, the number porting has worked. Part of the problem stemmed from my poor typing skills, as one digit was incorrect for the old Windows phone, when answering to the agent's queries. Also, the purchase of ClearNet, by Telus, ...
Yesterday's effort to use the automatic porting procedure, before being offered a new number, met with failure. Further adventures through the automated system ended in an ongoing "system maintenance" error.
The old Telus number is still active. Since porting of it was refused by the automated system yesterday, I took out the temporary new number and proceeded to ask for Customer Support assistance today. The old Windows phone will not download apps, if ...