Place to "park" my cell number

[SRB]

Hi all.

I posted a similar question in the Google forum, but thought I might catch more users and possibly more responses here...

Does somebody know of a service similar to the way Google Voice works for "parking" my "good" cell number? The ONLY thing that I would really like for the service to do is...

1. Port in my "good" cell number.
2. Allow me to tell it to call my handset number ... whatever number that may be, should I decide to experiment with prepaid service providers.
3. Allow me to give out that ported number, which sends the call or text (including **MMS texts**, which GV does NOT do) to my phone. I'll manage voicemail / keeping track of my texts / etc. with the phone.
4. Allow me to call out and text with an app / etc. (again, including MMS texts), showing that the call or text is coming from my ported number (not the handset number). Again, keeping track of everything with the phone.

That's it ... That's all I want ... "KISS" method (Keep It Simple Stupid).

I Would be **THRILLED** to find a free or very cheap service to do this!!!

Thanks in advance for any responses!

 

[IOWA]

I think Google Voice is as good as it gets. I use it for business. Anything they want to MMS I figure they can just email instead.

 

[SRB]

Hmm. What a bummer!!!

I was all excited about finding GV last week, and seeing how I could use it (with the exception of the MMS problem). Oh well.

Thanks!

 

[SiempreTuna]

I'm probably misunderstanding the question, but couldn't you just port the number to a prepay SIM? You'd need to check the T&Cs, but that would usually give you 6 months before you had to top up the SIM with the minimum amount ($5?) to get a further 6 months.

 

[SRB]

I'm probably misunderstanding the question, but couldn't you just port the number to a prepay SIM? You'd need to check the T&Cs, but that would usually give you 6 months before you had to top up the SIM with the minimum amount ($5?) to get a further 6 months.

I'm needing to try Verizon. I don't think the CDMA phones for them even has SIM cards.

 

[Rxpert83]

Nope, only for LTE