Help Porting questions

[SurrealOne]

I want to port my number to Google Voice. But I get lots of scary questions. Has anybody done this and what happens to my mobile number after I do it?


The cost of porting is $20.00 (payable through Google Checkout).Your mobile phone service plan will be terminated when you port your number to Google Voice and your carrier may charge you an early termination fee.Once porting is complete, you will not be able to receive calls to your mobile phone until you complete the following steps:

• Google Voice is not a mobile phone service provider, so you must setup a new mobile phone service plan (with your existing carrier or a new carrier) and request a new number.
• Once you've secured a new mobile service plan and a new number, you will need to add this new number to your Google Voice account as a forwarding phone.

You may be unable to receive text messages for up to 3 business days after the porting process is complete.Your Google Voice number will be replaced by the number you are porting. It will remain on your account for 90 days(you will be able to make it permanent for a one-time $20.00 fee).I understand the risks associated with porting my number to Google Voice and want to continue with the porting process.

 

[Skrillex]

If you are with Sprint Google voice is free. I tried it but stopped using it because I did not like getting double text messages every time a text was sent to me and it disables your on-phone voicemail. You have to log into your Google voice account to get your voicemail. If you are with Sprint (assuming u r since this is the ns4g forum) your phone number will not need to change. Try it out... it is simple to un-do if your not into it.