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I have an AT&T number ported to Google Voice. There isn't any service out there that thinks it's a VOIP number.

copenseethe 4y ago
- jessaustin 4y ago
  Nothing is automatic about this process. It is fairly common for calls to or from ported numbers not even to be connected if one of the ends is currently at some obscure small-time carrier. Failure of e.g. caller ID is even more common.
rsync 4y ago
"I have an AT&T number ported to Google Voice. There isn't any service out there that thinks it's a VOIP number." This 'lookup' script that I wrote will properly identify your number as being owned by google voice: /usr/local/bin/curl -s -X GET "https://lookups.twilio.com/v1/PhoneNumbers/$number?Type=carrier&Type=caller-name" -u $accountsid:$authtoken | /usr/local/bin/jq '.' ... given any phone number, I can see, using the twilio API, where the number currently terminates to and who "owns" it - including subscriber name (ie., your name). I'm glad it continues to work for you because it should and you should be able to use a gvoice number in this fashion but ... you've just gotten lucky so far.
- WirelessGigabit 4y ago
  I am appalled by this. Thanks for sharing. I clearly am lucky!
warner25 4y ago
I ported a Verizon number to Google Voice ten years ago and I've used it as my primary phone number ever since, forwarding to my MVNO carrier number. I'd say it works fine with 95% of services, but I have run into some issues. I remember Uber being one service that rejected it. I stopped using Uber when I got a new SIM card for a new carrier, and I had trouble recovering my account which had to be tied to my old carrier number.
yftsui 4y ago
Not sure what bank you use, a few banks immediately unenroll your phone number when you switched carrier, most likely as a protection mechanism against SIM swap. Below is one of the emails I got from Chase: ``` Dear Customer, Our records indicate that you may have recently changed your mobile service provider or mobile phone number. As a result, Chase services that use this mobile number (such as text banking, text alerts, Chase QuickPaySM etc.) may have been disabled. ```

jessaustin 4y ago
Nothing is automatic about this process. It is fairly common for calls to or from ported numbers not even to be connected if one of the ends is currently at some obscure small-time carrier. Failure of e.g. caller ID is even more common.

"I have an AT&T number ported to Google Voice. There isn't any service out there that thinks it's a VOIP number." This 'lookup' script that I wrote will properly identify your number as being owned by google voice: /usr/local/bin/curl -s -X GET "https://lookups.twilio.com/v1/PhoneNumbers/$number?Type=carrier&Type=caller-name" -u $accountsid:$authtoken | /usr/local/bin/jq '.' ... given any phone number, I can see, using the twilio API, where the number currently terminates to and who "owns" it - including subscriber name (ie., your name). I'm glad it continues to work for you because it should and you should be able to use a gvoice number in this fashion but ... you've just gotten lucky so far.

WirelessGigabit 4y ago
I am appalled by this. Thanks for sharing. I clearly am lucky!

warner25 4y ago

I ported a Verizon number to Google Voice ten years ago and I've used it as my primary phone number ever since, forwarding to my MVNO carrier number. I'd say it works fine with 95% of services, but I have run into some issues. I remember Uber being one service that rejected it. I stopped using Uber when I got a new SIM card for a new carrier, and I had trouble recovering my account which had to be tied to my old carrier number.

yftsui 4y ago

Not sure what bank you use, a few banks immediately unenroll your phone number when you switched carrier, most likely as a protection mechanism against SIM swap. Below is one of the emails I got from Chase: ``` Dear Customer, Our records indicate that you may have recently changed your mobile service provider or mobile phone number. As a result, Chase services that use this mobile number (such as text banking, text alerts, Chase QuickPaySM etc.) may have been disabled. ```