A friend of mine in Maryland (301) is looking to can his landline. He's had that number for over 30 years and his cell for over 15. What he would like to do is have the landline number ported to his cell, but as a virtual additional number that rings it...*not* as a second line. This is available on landlines (I converted my old second line to a virtual number when I dropped it; costs $4.75/mo here in DC 202 land).
Does anyone know if this can be done in his area? Specifically, what should my friend ask for? And, any idea what the cost would be? He called them a few days ago and the rep kept trying to get him to port his landline to a full, additional phone on his account. Rep couldn't grasp the concept of "virtual number" or even "second line on the existing phone number." -- "Dance like the photo isn't being tagged; love like you've never been unfriended; and tweet like nobody is following."
That's probably because most cell phone providers don't have anything called a virtual number. These are sometimes available from voip providers, which technically is just a DID that rings to your primary number. To my knowledge, I don't know of any cell phone provider that does anything with virtual numbers.
My best advice would be to look into something like vonage or ooma or another voip company that can provide that service.
reply to DC DSL Don't know of a way to add a virtual number on a cell account. I would like to consolidate and add one to mine! A DID provider is probably the cheapest route. It's possible to port to GV but the number must first be ported to a cell provider and then to GV. A friend of mine used a second hand pre-pay phone to get his number from Qwest/Centurylink and then moved it to GV. Seemed like a PITA to me but it worked for them. -- Zach
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