Advice/Suggestions for porting a cell phone number from one company to another

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Hey kids, how y’all doin’? I’m writing this because I’m nervous about porting my number in a few months once my contract with Verizon runs out. I’m switching to Helio, and I’ve never ported a number before, so do y’all have any advice or suggestions as to how best to go about porting my number so I can keep it? Thanks!

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Here’s a helpful post about that.

The information is about a year old, but should still apply.

3

I’ve ported my number from Verizon to T-Mobile and back again. The trick is to activate your new phone with the same number before deactivating your old one.

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This looks very helpful. Thank you. Do you think they’ll charge me an early cancellation fee if I request the number be ported before the end date?

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The cancellation fee is only on the early termination of a contract, usually. Right? Just make sure your service isn’t shut off before you port the number

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I believe so, but porting the number – from what I’ve been reading – terminates the contract. So if I port my number on the 10th and my contract ends on the 12th, is that early termination?

So confused…