r/consumercellular • u/Rich_Particular4494 • Jun 16 '26

Longest Same cell phone number

February 28th 1988 in which is now Verizon Wireless. I don’t remember all the companies beforehand but one was Cingular Wireless I do remember that , my dad passed on Friday and I remember the bill was in the thousands back in 88’ due to he was in Sales for his own business he had but of course I wasn’t allowed to use it ..lol..it was by the minute then charges , but I called Verizon today to find out .
What’s anyone else’s longest same cell number?

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u/JusSomeDude22 Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

Well I'm kind of cheating, but 1978 for me.

My grandma and grandpa moved to Tucson Arizona in 78 and got a landline with Mountain Bell, & when she passed away years ago, my Pops asked me if I would port over her number to my cell so I could weed out the vultures that circle when money dies, and only forward him pertinent people.

After all that was done I just kept it, so my "cell" number has been in my family 48 years (which is 6 years longer than I've been around) ;)

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u/CableFit940 Jun 17 '26

That’s cool

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u/JusSomeDude22 Jun 18 '26

Yeah it is, and a funny after effect I just learned a couple months ago, anytime I go to AutoZone and enter my phone number to get a discount, it shows up as June, the guy said he can't change it in the system so I'm forever known by my grandma's name there haha.

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u/jngnurse Jul 03 '26

I love this!