T-Mobile Porting HELL - Can anyone help me?

I ported my 303 area code phone number over from T-Mobile to Cricket
Communications about a year and a half ago. Every few months T-Mobile
gives out my phone number to a new customer of their's. For about a
week I get calls for someone else and people trying to reach me can't
make the connection. Then the customer complains and a new phone
number gets assigned. All is well for a couple of months and then
T-Mobile again gives out my phone number. It's now happened numerous
times.

I called tech support for both T-Mobile and Cricket. Each tech support
blames the other carrier and says they can not help me.

Would it help for me to file an FCC complaint against T-Mobile and
maybe even Cricket for this fiasco?

Have any of you out there had similar experiences?

Ron
Denver

ronherdt@comcast.net wrote:
> I ported my 303 area code phone number over from T-Mobile to Cricket
> Communications about a year and a half ago. Every few months T-Mobile
> gives out my phone number to a new customer of their's. For about a
> week I get calls for someone else and people trying to reach me can't
> make the connection. Then the customer complains and a new phone
> number gets assigned. All is well for a couple of months and then
> T-Mobile again gives out my phone number. It's now happened numerous
> times.
>
> I called tech support for both T-Mobile and Cricket. Each tech support
> blames the other carrier and says they can not help me.
>
> Would it help for me to file an FCC complaint against T-Mobile and
> maybe even Cricket for this fiasco?

I certainly would if I were in your place. I'd go in claiming that T-Mobile
had not implemented the required number portability processes, because
rather than giving the number to Cricket they keep reassigning it to other
people.

--
All relevant people are pertinent.
All rude people are impertinent.
Therefore, no rude people are relevant.
-- Solomon W. Golomb

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:16:58 -0500, clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote:

>ronherdt@comcast.net wrote:
>> I ported my 303 area code phone number over from T-Mobile to Cricket
>> Communications about a year and a half ago. Every few months T-Mobile
>> gives out my phone number to a new customer of their's. For about a
>> week I get calls for someone else and people trying to reach me can't
>> make the connection. Then the customer complains and a new phone
>> number gets assigned. All is well for a couple of months and then
>> T-Mobile again gives out my phone number. It's now happened numerous
>> times.
>>
>> I called tech support for both T-Mobile and Cricket. Each tech support
>> blames the other carrier and says they can not help me.
>>
>> Would it help for me to file an FCC complaint against T-Mobile and
>> maybe even Cricket for this fiasco?
>
>I certainly would if I were in your place. I'd go in claiming that T-Mobile
>had not implemented the required number portability processes, because
>rather than giving the number to Cricket they keep reassigning it to other
>people.

You should complain to anyone who might help.
But if possible, the path of least stress would be for you to ask for
a new number. It is likely you will get a new number that works and
all your problems are over.