f2racer Posted July 26, 2005 CID Share Posted July 26, 2005 I've had FIOS for about a month and I'm looking to dump my expensive local phone service for a VoIP solution (Vonage), but I want to keep my phone number. I currently have AT&T for local phone (switched from Verizon some time ago when AT&T tried to compete against Verizon for local/long-distance phone service, which they no longer do because of FCC rulings). When I first ordered FIOS, they had some issues because I didn't have Verizon for local phone service, and now my house has the fiber as well as two copper lines (one for local phone, the other turned off last month for my now defunct Covad DSL). I know you can't transfer a phone number if you use that number for DSL (shared line) also. So does anybody know if Verizon has any tie with my AT&T local phone number? I've gotten some conflicting information regarding whether or not my phone number is portable... I called Verizon (for VoiceWing) and they seemed to think the number was not portable (transferrable), which AT&T VoIP and Vonage did (at least via their websites). Anybody know for sure? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCobra Posted July 26, 2005 CID Share Posted July 26, 2005 If you don't get a good answer here, try http://www.dslreports.com/forum/voip There's a bunch of VOIP geeks that hang out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f2racer Posted August 16, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 Just to let folks know, in my case, my phone number was not tied to the FIOS service. My number was ported without problems 15 days after signing up for Vonage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCobra Posted August 17, 2005 CID Share Posted August 17, 2005 Mine will be ported to Verizon VoiceWing in three days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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