topic Re: Additional (US) number? in Account and services

Additional (US) number?

Ray2 — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 18:42:27 GMT

I have another mobile account with another provider. They allow me to have a secondary (US) number in addition to my normal UK number. That's great as, when in the US, there are many occasions when a non-US telephone number is not recognised. I would rather move my US number to my Three account. Is this possible?

Re: Additional (US) number?

sc1999 — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 19:11:43 GMT

I expect the answer to be no but it's an interesting question. Who is the second number with?

Re: Additional (US) number?

Ray2 — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 21:19:18 GMT

It's with Truphone. They've withdrawn the Pay As You Go option. I don't want to start a second contract just to keep my US number (I don't use it very often) so I'd hope I could just transfer the number across to my Three account. It would be a shame to lose it, as it's a very memorable number for me.

Re: Additional (US) number?

littledesk — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 18:38:10 GMT

Not even a chance. Hutchinson are a UK/ROI provider, not a US one. If you wish to keep your US number port it to Google Voice or https://www.numberbarn.com/

Re: Additional (US) number?

MZone — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 20:30:03 GMT

If your number doesn’t start 07 which I assume it doesn’t if it’s a US number then not a chance.

Re: Additional (US) number?

Ray2 — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 20:46:00 GMT

Thank you, I'll check out those suggestions.

Re: Additional (US) number?

Ray2 — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 20:49:57 GMT

My UK Truphone number starts 07, but the secondary (US) number starts 407. In practice, the UK number is not used. It's just there so that we can have the US number.