Is it possible to switch phones from one provider to another?

Question

I have a Treo 600 from Sprint, and we moved to WY the only service provider here is Verizon. Can I switch my phone from Sprint to Verizon? Thanks.

Actually can't transfer the number, because we moved to Wyoming from PA. I'm really interested in whether I can use the same phone.

I'm not trying to move the number, I'm trying to move the actual physical PHONE. I moved from PA to WY I don't want the PA number. I want to use my Treo from Sprint, with Verizon service.

Answer 1

Hi, yes, I believe so. As a matter of fact my family just switched over from AT&T to Sprint. You can call verizon and ask them if they can carry over your number from Sprint when you sign up for your plan. I'm not sure if you could use the same phone. But you could get a new free one and carry over your number.

Answer 2

Hate to tell you, but MC is completely wrong. The answer is Yes. It is what people in the industry refer to as local number portability (LNP).

Wireless LNP is a wireless consumer's ability to change service providers within the same local area and still keep the same phone number. It allows consumers to switch from one wireless carrier to another within the same general metropolitan area. It does not allow consumers to keep the same phone number when moving to a new town or city. In some cases, Wireless LNP also allows consumers to move a phone number from a wireline phone to a wireless phone.

If you are thinking about switching carriers, you should contact the prospective new carrier, who will start the porting process. The new carrier will first confirm the your identity and then make a porting request of the old carrier. When you go to your new carrier to port a number, bring along a recent bill, which will have your correct name and address as it appears in your current carrier’s database. This should aid in making the porting process go smoothly. Once a valid porting request has been made, the old carrier cannot refuse to port a number.

Hope that helped!

Answer 3

I have done it before from sprint to Verizon but the web and those things didn't work when the switch was made. Thus the reason that they "sprint" and "verizon" say they can not do that... This is my experience! Its all about the money for a new phone.

Answer 4

Unfortunately, the answer is no. Although technically, since both carriers are CDMA, you should be able to use your CDMA phone on another CDMA network, but with CDMA carriers, they will refuse to do so.

Why? Because they can. As far as I know, CDMA carriers in North America do not accept a competitors' phone on their network officially because, that way, they can "force" you to sign another 3 year or whatever term contact and most likely "keep" you on their network, even after the contract expires because if you want to go with someone else, you will need to get another phone. And most people don't want to do that because that means, they'll have to re-enter all their contacts, get adjusted to a new phone, etc. THAT is what the CDMA carriers want.

There are some people who have success getting a CDMA carrier to accept their phone, but that is very rare and depends on who you know, speak to, etc.

Bottom line is that they want your money. Bringing in a competitors' phone doesn't generate revenue and monthly plans isn't as lucrative as a contract.

But, if you go on a GSM carrier, even if they subsidy "lock" a phone, you can easily find someone to "unlock" it and then use any competitor's SIM card all over the world, provided that your phone supports the local network signals. That is the main reason why I will never go to a CDMA carrier because I refuse to be stuck with them.

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Answer 5

I think it is possible.