Cell Phone # Portability = Local Number Portability
Although I don’t plan to transfer our T-Mobile family plan phone numbers to a different carrier any time soon, I decided to look into how the number portability would work. It turns out, that the portability is restricted to local areas.
I currently have a number with the San Francisco area code but the cell phone service is billed to Boulder, CO. Since San Francisco and Boulder are not in the same metropolitan area, I cannot take advantage of the number portability service…