Great, in the age of number portability I’ve had to switch my cell phone number the old way; by mailing everyone a new number to use.
I’ve got 1 month left on my contract with AT&T. I got a T610 w/ T-Mobile service (I’m always buying cell phones through Amazon, they gave me an additional $100 off and a Jabra Bluetooth headset for $20, the same deal is currently avail through them for $0 grand total…). To take a number with you, the new provider needs to initiate the transaction, and since I still am under contract with AT&T, that would cancel my AT&T account and incur a penalty. They have no way of changing my old number and keeping it “in reserve” until it gets transferred. Oh well.
If someone finds a way around this, I’d be curious, but at this point it’s only an academic exercise for me.
