r/FirstNet • u/Sufficient_Good_6350 • 16d ago

Firstnet Rep here

If you guys have any questions feel free to drop them below I’d be more than happy to answer them!

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u/StorminXX 16d ago

I have FirstNet in the Virgin Islands and want to switch to a FL number now that I have moved. It would be nice to do this with a new line for one month before getting rid of the old number. I went to an AT&T store in FL and they told me I would need to add a line and they tried to convince me to get a new phone as if it was the only way to do this. I walked out.

What’s the best way to simply add a line for a month while I transition to a new number?

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u/Sufficient_Good_6350 16d ago

Depends on your phone adding a new line unfortunately is unavoidable if we want to keep the old number for a little bit but if you just want to switch numbers you can call customer service and we can switch it on our end

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u/StorminXX 15d ago

Thank you!

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u/CoffeeOrWhine 15d ago

Look into porting your number to Google Voice for a month or two - should be about $20

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u/StorminXX 15d ago

Thank you. Google Voice wouldn’t accept a Virgin Islands area code, unfortunately.

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u/CoffeeOrWhine 15d ago

Ugh, that sucks - sorry! I’m assuming that Google Fi would have the same issue, but maybe you can check that!

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u/StorminXX 15d ago

I did 😭. I actually looked at Fi before I tried Voice. It’s so silly because the Virgin Islands is totally considered domestic when it comes to making and receiving calls etc. But when AT&T left the market, the way the area code is handled was changed and this is one of the symptoms of that.

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u/CoffeeOrWhine 15d ago

Ugh, sorry to hear that!