04-02-2021, 08:39 PM
Fritz,
A dirt cheap AT&T Wireless GoPhone account or similar account with a different pay as you go provider is perfect for this. Move the number to the pay as you go phone then port it from there to Google Voice. Close the pay as you go account once the port is done.
If you go the GoPhone method, the hardest part will be getting the actual account information affiliated with the GoPhone. You'll need that to port the number from AT&T Wireless (or any other provider for that matter) to Google Voice.
I had to call them to get it since it wasn't readily available via the web account or any other method. Once you have it, porting from the pay as you go phone to Google Voice is easy. I dumped the account once the port was confirmed complete.
Note, this was all done nearly six years ago. I doubt the process has changed much over the years.
Robert
A dirt cheap AT&T Wireless GoPhone account or similar account with a different pay as you go provider is perfect for this. Move the number to the pay as you go phone then port it from there to Google Voice. Close the pay as you go account once the port is done.
If you go the GoPhone method, the hardest part will be getting the actual account information affiliated with the GoPhone. You'll need that to port the number from AT&T Wireless (or any other provider for that matter) to Google Voice.
I had to call them to get it since it wasn't readily available via the web account or any other method. Once you have it, porting from the pay as you go phone to Google Voice is easy. I dumped the account once the port was confirmed complete.
Note, this was all done nearly six years ago. I doubt the process has changed much over the years.
Robert