Any risk of losing my number with Straight Talk?

[pzwnyc]

in their fine print they say they own the number. i say if i brought the number i own it.

Pages 676-678:
http://law.vanderbilt.edu/publicatio...d.aspx?id=2516
The FCC denies that number assignment implies ownership. You are only granted the right of number retention. A subscriber’s interest in a phone number is limited to the contractual rights between the subscriber and the provider; because courts view phone numbers as inextricably woven into the service contract.

http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/wire...rtability-wlnp
However, the FCC then goes on to say this right only applies when moving within the same "metropolitan area." Other exceptions may apply... "Pursuant to a court-ordered stay, most small wireline carriers currently are not required to port numbers to wireless carriers until the FCC completes and publishes a study about the effect of the porting rules on small carriers."

[JoanMN]

My sister asked them if they had a graveyard full of "matured" numbers. I brought my number with me, too. They also said I couldn't get it back because it had been ported in. Yeah, ported in from TracFone.

[powets]

Bottom line, you will only be "at risk," if you are trying to game the system.

My phone number that I have had forever is now lost according to Straight Talk. I transferred from a ST phone on ATT to Verizon and puff 5 days later I am told my number is lost. I do not abuse or do anything illigit but I do tend to switch phones quite a bit. I don't really know what happened but its gone. If anyone has any insight how to locate and reactivate my number please let me know. Thanks

[cooter55]

the reason the fcc is involved with the assignment of telephone nubers is

1 area codes each state has designated area codes
2 the next 3 mumbers are districts within that area code,some are land lines and some are for cells

sometimes porting a number drom one carrier to another might not ne abel to happen on accout of fcc regs.

[RedStickHam]

I think the original poster should choose a provider other than Stright Talk. I'm not a heavy data users or texter but based on what I've read here, I wouldn't use them either.

RedStickHam

[cooter55]

I think the original poster should choose a provider other than Stright Talk. I'm not a heavy data users or texter but based on what I've read here, I wouldn't use them either.

RedStickHam

you are right.if number is that inportant why risk it.

[alphamale-b]

for some reason pre-paid numbers are in play. maybe some computational lottery and poof your number is gone. numbers are like musical chairs.

port straight away to google voice. they dont play musical chairs in goog land.

[ndtv88]

I think there are 2 issues here

-1. ST will blacklist and kick you off the network if you are a heavy data user (>100mb/day/2GBpermonth), in the past these numbers were gone after a warning, nowadays, they would email you, call you, throttle you, and then would kick you out, and technically you might still have 30 days to get back your number, provided you are able to port your number out with another carrier. I suspect this is a minor cause of number vanishing nowadays.

-2. I think the biggest issue here is the incompetence of ST and their lack of good systems, i think more people lose therir number because of this and not due to 1, for example there was a poster who noted that he returned a faulty phone by Wm and then got a new temp phone before he could get the exchanger phone back, but in the meantime, his longtoime number went to the graveland. ST now supports all the 4 carriers, and does this on the cheap(hey why do you think you on $45), so when there is aproblem, they neither have competent personnel nor adequate resources to get this back.

- Bottomline, if you feel strongly about your number, then port it to Google Voice and then get a ST number.