{"id":2266,"date":"2019-02-26T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/?p=2266"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:24:22","slug":"wireless-carrier-accept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/wireless-carrier-accept\/","title":{"rendered":"Will my new wireless carrier accept a NumberBarn number?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stop what you&#8217;re doing:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you will be buying a NumberBarn phone number to transfer to a wireless carrier, check with that carrier first to make sure they can support your number on their network.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The majority of carriers will accept phone number transfers from NumberBarn. <strong>NumberBarn&#8217;s numbers are classified as &#8220;wireline&#8221;. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is nothing NumberBarn\u00a0can do to change this regulatory (FCC) classification. Some service providers, <a href=\"https:\/\/help.numberbarn.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360022320694-Will-my-new-wireless-carrier-accept-a-NumberBarn-number-\"><strong>most notably Cricket Wireless and Google Voice<\/strong><\/a>, refuse to port any number other than a number already classified as wireless.<\/p>\n<p>This is a policy limitation of the provider you\u2019re porting to. <strong>NumberBarn does not hold or otherwise prevent you from taking your number elsewhere.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Porting your number to one of these service providers will require a workaround and modest expense but can be done successfully.<\/p>\n<p>The workaround is to temporarily port your number to a wireless carrier that will accept it, then port from there to your preferred provider.<\/p>\n<p>We iron out all the steps on how to do this in our guide linked below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.numberbarn.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360022320694-Will-my-new-wireless-carrier-accept-a-NumberBarn-number-\">How to Port a Number to Cricket Wireless and Google Voice<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We\u2019re\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\">NumberBarn<\/a>, we take phone numbers very seriously. But, we also like to have a little fun. To learn more about us, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/\">NumberBarn.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NumberBarn\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/numberbarn\/\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NumberBarn\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop what you&#8217;re doing: If you will be buying a NumberBarn phone number to transfer to a wireless carrier, check with that carrier first to make sure they can support your number on their network.\u00a0 The majority of carriers will accept phone number transfers from NumberBarn. NumberBarn&#8217;s numbers are classified as &#8220;wireline&#8221;. 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