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Port Landline to Sprint

drexappeal

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Apr 8, 2010
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What's up everybody!

So, I'm hoping others can chime in on how their experience has been porting a landline to Sprint Cell phone. Before I get into that, I want to give a little background of what I was planning on doing, so that I can hear different opinions on what you think would be the best manner of approaching this.

I currently pay for landline service through Verizon. The bill is way more expensive than I'd like it to be, so I've been trying to trim the fat on bills that are somewhat redundant. I pay for 1 main line and a secondary number that is connected to the same line, but provides a "smart ring" that distinguishes one number from the other. That said, this is what I was planning on doing

1) Port the "smart ring" number into my Sprint family account as an additional line, which will cost me $19.99 additional per month.

2) Port the "main" number into my Time-Warner account to take advantage of a bulk discount for Cable/Internet/Home Phone, which will only cost an additional $19.99 on that bill.

That said, this will trim a lot of money off my bill. It isn't an option for me to lose the land line entirely, as it's much less expensive to have International calls sent to the home line than it is to receive them from the cell phone line and I have family in the Philippines that calls the home landline all the time.

I'm open to any suggestions.
 
So it seems like you primarily use the land line for international calls.

Let me preface my response by saying I have zero experience in this...

Have you looked u to those prepaid international calling cards they sell? Once again, no clue how much something like that would cost or if it would be cheaper than what you're currently proposing.

Or maybe even an Internet service like vonage ? I think that's like $10/mo
 
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So it seems like you primarily use the land line for international calls.

Let me preface my response by saying I have zero experience in this...

Have you looked u to those prepaid international calling cards they sell? Once again, no clue how much something like that would cost or if it would be cheaper than what you're currently proposing.

Or maybe even an Internet service like vonage ? I think that's like $10/mo

Yeah, I've looked into prepaid calling cards, but too much of a hassle to continue buying.

The more I look into it, I might give MagicJack Plus a try.
 
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If you do,please give us an update!:thumb:
We'd like to hear how it compares to everything else.:call:


Okay, so I looked into MagicJack...That might not be the right choice either (whether it's the regular or plus version).

The regular version, needs to stay connected to the computer (which, I'd have no problem with, if there were a phone jack near the computer...LOL).

The plus version, needs to be connected to the router (again, no problem with that, if there were a phone jack nearby).

So, I'm still exploring some options. I have 2 numbers that I need to port, so for one of the numbers, it might be worth it. But the other number, not so much. I'll keep you all posted if I do go that route.
 
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Look into Google Voice, too. I don't know if you can move your existing number or not, but it can directly integrate with your Sprint service at the account level, and the international calling rates are really low.

I looked into doing a Google Voice port. It's a PITA to do it. From what I understand, porting a landline to Google Voice is not possible, so I'd need to port the number over to a pre-paid cell service first, and then port over to Google Voice!...LOL. And from what I understand, you'd have to keep the cell service refreshed (even if pre-paid), so it becomes more of a hassle for me to do that. I'd much rather just pay $19.99 to port over one of those numbers to another cell line (well, actually, it would be $29.99 if I were to make it a smartphone...but that would still be cheaper than what I'm currently paying for an additional line). I have a regular dumb phone lying around that I can do this with, so it's a potential option.
 
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Okay...now that I'm looking more in depth on this, I'm leaning towards Ooma premier service. Even though the device equipment I'd want would amount to a large sum of money up front, I'd be saving a lot of money in the long run. I'd also end up getting 3 separate phone lines (for a much cheaper monthly fee than I'm currently paying). Ooma is also the only VOIP product I've researched, thus far, that is supposed to allow for fax use (which, for me, is still needed).
 
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