Migrating old number...two months after contract

[dkny18]

Long story short. I just COULDN'T wait any longer for the iPhone (plus I needed a Blackberry-type device for work that would do e-mails), so I picked up an iPhone last weekend.

Luckily, I was able to add on to a family plan with my parents instead of getting a new plan with AT&T. So, as it stands now, I have my iPhone with AT&T on a new number (lets call this number 555-555-5555) and my cell phone on T-Mobile (lets call this number 666-666-6666).

Here's what I'm wondering...Technically, my cell plan with T-Mobile is up in September and I've been wanting to give them the boot for a while anyway. If I migrated my number before September, I would have had to pay that redicilious termination fee. So now, I'm wondering -- come September -- whether I can migrate my old number (666-666-6666) from T-Mobile and have it switched to my AT&T iPhone to replace the current 555-555-5555.

Does anyone know if this is possible? Can migration occur 'after-the-fact' or is it only something they offer you when you first sign up for your plan? And yes, technically the numbers are in the same market -- I already checked on this.

Any knowledge on this issue would be greatly appreciated.

[bethanyboo]

Yes, you can port it over later. That's what I did. I bought an iPhone on June 29th and ported over in July. Just call up AT&T customer service and ask to port your number. It's pretty easy to do.

[grommet]

General rule is you have 30 days to port (from the time of new service activation)... after that, you can still do it... but there might be a small charge. No guarantee, though.

[bethanyboo]

General rule is you have 30 days to port (from the time of new service activation)... after that, you can still do it... but there might be a small charge. No guarantee, though.
Whoops, I didn't know about any 30 day rule.

You might want to call up AT&T to ask.

[parasky]

I actually just ported my old number over yesterday after buying the iPhone on June 29th. My contract with Verizon expired on Saturday so I just used the iPhone with a new number until then. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to do this so I repeatedly called and asked at&t and everybody I spoke to said that it would be no problem and that there wasn't a time period which I had to do it within. The actual porting only took about five minutes while I was on the phone!