Cancelling Verizon, Registering iPhone - Keeping Number?

[Heatherheltz9]

I got an iPhone for Christmas, and I have not yet activated it.  I currently have a plan with Verizon and my contract is not up until September, so I really would like to cancel my service.  I would like to keep my phone number from Verizon.  How would I go about doing this?  Should I cancel my verizon service first, and then go through the activation with the iPhone? will i be able to keep my number? or am I going to have to go to the ATT store and change the SIM card, etc.

Thanks all!,

[graphite07]

i wuld check with Verizon to see if you have a early termnation fee to pay. once you done that activate your itunes i believe you can port your phone numbe in. i also read where other customers ported there number to AT&T with active account with another cell provider.

[krammit]

i switched from sprint to att. I called att first and had my numner ported to them before i cancelled my sprint account. You will have to pay verizons termination fee tho which im sure is like 150 or 175.

[mikelliott]

I got an iPhone for Christmas and my Verizon contract is not up until the end of this month. AT&T said that I could activate now and consider the number temporary. They will port my old number when I call them. Verizon wanted $175 to cancel my account. They said that even one day early would get me the $175 fee added to my last bill.

[Sentry]

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mikelliott wrote:
I got an iPhone for Christmas and my Verizon contract is not up until the end of this month. AT&T said that I could activate now and consider the number temporary. They will port my old number when I call them. Verizon wanted $175 to cancel my account. They said that even one day early would get me the $175 fee added to my last bill.

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Technically, you can activate the iPhone on a new number and then port your Verizon phone number at a later date, but you would be responsible for the service charges with AT&T and Verizon for as long as you have both accounts active. We're about half-way through this month, so it might be in your best interest to simply wait for your Verizon contract to meet an end and then contact AT&T to port the phone number over. You do not need to cancel your Verizon service, AT&T will automatically do this during the porting process.

[victry1]

Heather,

Verizon prorates its termination fee, if that is any help. Also, if you received notice of a text message increase & are not on a text message plan you may be able to end your contract that way without paying early termination fee. If you choose to do it that way, first get the ETF waived & then active your iPhone and port the number.

I liked my Vz number, but when I got the iPhone the salesman at AT&T said if I didn't like the service it was going to be a real PIA to port it back to Vz, so unfortunately I had to get a new number. However, as part of a family plan with Vz I still have my other phone & #-we just reduced our family plan minutes. Now, with this text message increase I may drop that line altogether. (so long as there is no ETF).