tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789017239427251571.post4097955536600029987..comments2024-03-12T00:16:08.021-06:00Comments on Wireless Noise: News, Rumors and Arguments: T-Mobile's Extra EffortOz Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17298717393298238178noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789017239427251571.post-31606986840406464302009-01-29T13:34:00.000-07:002009-01-29T13:34:00.000-07:00Each carrier MUST allow a port by law, but how the...Each carrier MUST allow a port by law, but how they do it is up to them. T-Mobile will allow porting to existing prepaid numbers, and apparently Verizon does not. However, anything is possible, so I would try again and see if you get a more agreeable agent. With Verizon becoming so large, they less reason to be competitive. T-Mobile is trying harder...because of that, I have 3 accounts with them.Oz Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298717393298238178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789017239427251571.post-30292890237072467352009-01-28T17:59:00.000-07:002009-01-28T17:59:00.000-07:00I've also ported once with T-Mobile prepaid from C...I've also ported once with T-Mobile prepaid from Cingular (early 2007), after some odd pre-sales customer service from the latter (mostly revolving around confusing talk at the local Cingular company shop that T-Mobile didn't have towers in town; in hindsight, they probably were talking about co-location, I'm guessing) and wanting to go with T-Mobile in the first place. I would have to say every dealing I've had with them since -- even transferring my prepaid number and account to a new SIM after I lost the original, while calling them from overseas -- has been eerily smooth. Often their 'yes' responses have been supplemented with words to the effect of 'of course, you just have to ask' (they once offered on their own initiative to give me an account expiry extension while I was on said overseas trip so I didn't have to pay for a refill while looking for my SIM).<BR/><BR/>Which reminds me -- about porting, it seems that Verizon Wireless won't let me port in a number to my VZW prepaid account. They'll let me change the number (once every calendar year) without questions, but apparently porting in a number to an existing account is a no-no. (Unless, of course, I forgo my existing account's balance and pretty much close that account and start a new one. Which I won't do given the balance I prefer to maintain.) I've no idea why. Any clues?Jonathan Ah Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08994489631201655674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789017239427251571.post-48573758247070902582009-01-26T11:00:00.000-07:002009-01-26T11:00:00.000-07:00T-Mobile does its job very well to say the least. ...T-Mobile does its job very well to say the least. Their CA Coverage is a bit to be desired but hopefully now that AT&T is out of the way and they own their network free and clear it will improve to the same quality as it is everywhere else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com