Porting Timeline Questions

Ok, so yesterday I activated my new T600, and then tried to port a number
from SunCom to my old N400, adding it to my family's (though my mother) AOL
Business account.

What is the general feeling on how long LNP takes right now??

I started the process around 5:30pEST on Friday...

WW

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How long does it take to get a landline ported to a cell phone? 10 days and
still waiting.....

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 23:06:18 GMT, "tjjpar" <[email protected]> wrote:

>How long does it take to get a landline ported to a cell phone? 10 days and
>still waiting.....
>


Let us know when it happens. We're up to 10 days as well. Pretty poor
excuse for service.

I'm on 2 weeks so far with a port from AT&T Wireless.

The FCC should really fine the carriers. They had over 5 years to prepare
for this eventually happening. Both SprintPCS and AT&T Wireless began
charging customers over a buck per month for wireless number portabilty.
Both companies have collected millions in these fees (which a CNN report
called "cash cows" for wireless providers). The FCC is really looking
stupid.


"Wayne West" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:y2jHb.12398$WQ3.3259@lakeread05...
> Ok, so yesterday I activated my new T600, and then tried to port a number
> from SunCom to my old N400, adding it to my family's (though my mother)
AOL
> Business account.
>
> What is the general feeling on how long LNP takes right now??
>
> I started the process around 5:30pEST on Friday...
>
> WW
>
>

Wayne West wrote:

> What is the general feeling on how long LNP takes right now??

It took 4 days to port from AT&T to Sprint in Metro Detroit. Store
sales person said 1-3 days.

I called on the 3rd day (35 minutes on hold) only to find out that the
sales person did not get all of the necessary info for the port. CS did
say it could take up to 10 days.

Much happier with Sprint. AT&T would send many calls to voice mail,
even when phone showed "multiple bars" for signal strength. PCS works
better inside more building also.

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> In article <[email protected]>, O/Siris
> <0s=EEr=EEs@spr=EEntpcs.c=F4m> wrote:
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> > > On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 23:06:18 GMT, "tjjpar" <[email protected]> wrote=
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> > >=20
> > > >How long does it take to get a landline ported to a cell phone? 10 d=
ays and
> > > >still waiting.....
> > > >
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > Let us know when it happens. We're up to 10 days as well. Pretty poor
> > > excuse for service.
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> > A landline to a cellular? 30 days. We should have=20
> > assigned you a temporary number, and programmed that, until=20
> > the port-in is complete.
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> Who do I talk at Sprint to get get one of those temporary numbers, and
> what happens to calls coming in on the landline number meanwhile?
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If not, Customer Care is *supposed* to be trained in doing this. Or=20
Business Services, if you're that kind of customer. I know for sure=20
that Business Services is.

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won't happen, let me know. Maybe we can make some arrangements.

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I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

In article <[email protected]>, O/Siris
<robjvargas@sprîntpcs.com> wrote:

> In article <311220030810550779%[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> > In article <[email protected]>, O/Siris
> > <0sîrîs@sprîntpcs.côm> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <[email protected]>,
> > > [email protected] says...
> > > > On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 23:06:18 GMT, "tjjpar" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >How long does it take to get a landline ported to a cell phone? 10
> > > > >days and
> > > > >still waiting.....
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Let us know when it happens. We're up to 10 days as well. Pretty poor
> > > > excuse for service.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > A landline to a cellular? 30 days. We should have
> > > assigned you a temporary number, and programmed that, until
> > > the port-in is complete.
> >
> > Who do I talk at Sprint to get get one of those temporary numbers, and
> > what happens to calls coming in on the landline number meanwhile?
> >
>
> The people who took your port-in request should have done that for you.
> If not, Customer Care is *supposed* to be trained in doing this. Or
> Business Services, if you're that kind of customer. I know for sure
> that Business Services is.
>
> Call us, describe your situation, and ask for them to do it. If it
> won't happen, let me know. Maybe we can make some arrangements.


They say they don't do this anymore, that it is a software billing
problem. How do I let you know? Thanks.

Hello all

Get this after 1 week.. We get a call from sprint they lost our number
not in there data base.. Called nextel and it did go to sprint.. This
pissed me of real bad.. Per sprint there having some bugs in there
porting system.. We call up to sprint corp today.. Can't give name
spoke to a VP .. After some time they find our number it was given out
to a new person.. So sprint came back with a deal i could not pass up
Again 1 number.. We have 12 to port they ask us to wait 30days to work
some bugs out..

From steve

On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 10:01:33 -0500, girl in green <[email protected]>
wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>, O/Siris
><robjvargas@sprîntpcs.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <311220030810550779%[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>> > In article <[email protected]>, O/Siris
>> > <0sîrîs@sprîntpcs.côm> wrote:
>> >
>> > > In article <[email protected]>,
>> > > [email protected] says...
>> > > > On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 23:06:18 GMT, "tjjpar" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > >How long does it take to get a landline ported to a cell phone? 10
>> > > > >days and
>> > > > >still waiting.....
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Let us know when it happens. We're up to 10 days as well. Pretty poor
>> > > > excuse for service.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > A landline to a cellular? 30 days. We should have
>> > > assigned you a temporary number, and programmed that, until
>> > > the port-in is complete.
>> >
>> > Who do I talk at Sprint to get get one of those temporary numbers, and
>> > what happens to calls coming in on the landline number meanwhile?
>> >
>>
>> The people who took your port-in request should have done that for you.
>> If not, Customer Care is *supposed* to be trained in doing this. Or
>> Business Services, if you're that kind of customer. I know for sure
>> that Business Services is.
>>
>> Call us, describe your situation, and ask for them to do it. If it
>> won't happen, let me know. Maybe we can make some arrangements.
>
>
>They say they don't do this anymore, that it is a software billing
>problem. How do I let you know? Thanks.

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disorganized sentence structure, or may entirely lack a coherent
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I have been waiting for a AT&T to sprint port since Dec 27th.
I have made several calls and waited for level 2 help.
They say the same thing very time " we will call you in 24 to 48
hours" with your port status." The call never comes. I call back and
get the same story.

Hey if its going to be another 3 weeks just say so. I'll just plan on
staying with AT&T until its done.

The need to be able to post accurate information on there website so I
can go there instead of waiting on hold for 45 minutes every time.

Steve <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Hello all
>
> Get this after 1 week.. We get a call from sprint they lost our number
> not in there data base.. Called nextel and it did go to sprint.. This
> pissed me of real bad.. Per sprint there having some bugs in there
> porting system.. We call up to sprint corp today.. Can't give name
> spoke to a VP .. After some time they find our number it was given out
> to a new person.. So sprint came back with a deal i could not pass up
> Again 1 number.. We have 12 to port they ask us to wait 30days to work
> some bugs out..
>
> From steve
>
> On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 10:01:33 -0500, girl in green <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <[email protected]>, O/Siris
> ><robjvargas@sprîntpcs.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <311220030810550779%[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> >> > In article <[email protected]>, O/Siris
> >> > <0sîrîs@sprîntpcs.côm> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > In article <[email protected]>,
> >> > > [email protected] says...
> >> > > > On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 23:06:18 GMT, "tjjpar" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > >How long does it take to get a landline ported to a cell phone? 10
> >> > > > >days and
> >> > > > >still waiting.....
> >> > > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Let us know when it happens. We're up to 10 days as well. Pretty poor
> >> > > > excuse for service.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> > > A landline to a cellular? 30 days. We should have
> >> > > assigned you a temporary number, and programmed that, until
> >> > > the port-in is complete.
> >> >
> >> > Who do I talk at Sprint to get get one of those temporary numbers, and
> >> > what happens to calls coming in on the landline number meanwhile?
> >> >
> >>
> >> The people who took your port-in request should have done that for you.
> >> If not, Customer Care is *supposed* to be trained in doing this. Or
> >> Business Services, if you're that kind of customer. I know for sure
> >> that Business Services is.
> >>
> >> Call us, describe your situation, and ask for them to do it. If it
> >> won't happen, let me know. Maybe we can make some arrangements.
> >
> >
> >They say they don't do this anymore, that it is a software billing
> >problem. How do I let you know? Thanks.
>
> Note: This post may contain mis*****ings, grammatical errors,
> disorganized sentence structure, or may entirely lack a coherent
> theme. These elements are natural to the process of writing, and will
> only add to the overall beauty of the post.

Well I finally got my landline number ported to my new sanyo 5500.
Yippee!!!! I bought it on Dec. 18th and it was successfully ported on Jan
9th. I am glad I did it, the phone is wonderful. Wish it had not taken so
long but alls well that ends well, I guess.

In article <smULb.14473$sv6.37622@attbi_s52>, tjjpar
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Well I finally got my landline number ported to my new sanyo 5500.
> Yippee!!!! I bought it on Dec. 18th and it was successfully ported on Jan
> 9th. I am glad I did it, the phone is wonderful. Wish it had not taken so
> long but alls well that ends well, I guess.
>
>
are you able to sign on to sprintpcs.com? It took as long to get my
land ported but I still can't sign on ...

No, I can not do anything yet on the site, like download ringers or see my
content manager, but all I do is go into it directly from the phone, and
download there. Its a pain, but I guess when my billing date begins again on
the 27th, I assume it will all work.

Well I can now get to my content manager, on the website. It takes about 1
week after your number is ported to access the website. I hope this helps
anyone starting the process of porting from a landline to a cell phone. It
took just about a month for the whole process to be completed. I am glad i
did it. Good luck!