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Jul 1, 2024
1:49:46pm

BYUheaven All-American

Son is leaving on a mission. What is the best thing to do so he can keep his

phone number for when he gets back in 2 years?

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BYUheaven

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Last login: Jul 3, 2024
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Author

Time

Son is leaving on a mission. What is the best thing to do so he can keep his

BYUheaven

Jul 1, 1:49pm

Keep paying for the phone.

Bert609

Jul 1, 1:50pm

Port it to a super cheap provider for 2 years

JimmyZ

Jul 1, 1:54pm

If you use the BYU phone plan it costs 1 cent/month while on a mission

JuicyJam

Jul 1, 1:55pm

Give it to a younger sibling while he’s gone, otherwise have fun paying for a

BaseCoug

Jul 1, 1:52pm

Transfer to Google Voice

dug

Jul 1, 1:52pm

This is what I did. It was helpful and easy to do.

Jul 1, 1:56pm

make sure you use it every so often so it doesn't turn off.

molodyets

Jul 1, 2:35pm

Would once a month work?

BYUheaven

Jul 1, 2:41pm

Yeah. But it looks like there’s plenty of other services where you don’t need to

molodyets

Jul 1, 3:02pm

Haven't heard this, wasn't an issue for me over 3 missions

CougSilver

Jul 1, 3:10pm

It might not do it with a ported number but if you don’t use a number

molodyets

Jul 1, 3:51pm

I've heard you can port it to Google Voice for 20 bucks

dezzy

Jul 1, 1:52pm

yes it does.

Jul 1, 1:56pm

You can park your number.

Jericho

Jul 1, 1:53pm

With T-Mobile you used to be able to do something like make it inactive where

Adrielle

Jul 1, 1:53pm

My son's is currently frozen with T-mobile and we pay $0 extra for it (in Utah)

BYU-Ite

Jul 1, 1:54pm

T-Mobile let us put our son's phone "on hold" while he was gone.

Benfica1

Jul 1, 1:54pm

They told me $10/month for up to 6 months. The line only costs us about $13/m

beefytee

Jul 1, 1:59pm

IF you are on T Mobile and live in Utah, go into a store, and they will freeze

BYU-Ite

Jul 1, 1:53pm

Actually, porting it to Google voice is probably the best option.

Adrielle

Jul 1, 1:54pm

We started with that idea but realized who cares after 2 years of it's the same number? We backed up phone

Jimo Dashen

Jul 1, 1:53pm

I used Number Barn to park my son’s number. Super easy to port back and forth.

Jul 1, 1:57pm

We did this. Cheap and easy.

Richardo

Jul 1, 2:25pm

Not as cheap as GV though. But sure. Easy.

supertux

Jul 1, 3:21pm

Google Voice. Port the number and then transfer it back when they get home.

JWin

Jul 1, 2:23pm

Cancelled my daughter’s line. 18 months later I requested her old number and it

bbhammer

Jul 1, 2:49pm

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