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How to Use a 212 Number While Maintaining Your Existing Phone Number | Google Voice
Have you been thinking about buying a 212 area code phone number, but are holding back because you don’t necessarily want to give up your existing home, cell or office number?
It’s understandable to not want to pay for an additional phone number; after all, it often means having to pay for multiple lines of service. 212areacode.com is happy to announce, though, that there is a simple and affordable way around this issue. It’s offered by a company we all know and rely on every day: Google, the service is called Google Voice and is offered for free to everyone and it allows you to enjoy the best of both worlds: a 212 phone number while keeping your old number that your friends and family already know.
What are the Benefits of Google Voice
Google Voice is a great service to pair with 212areacode.com for a number of reasons. Most importantly, it’s FREE and it lets you make use of a 212 phone number without having to commit yourself to a new cellular provider. You don’t have to worry about replacing your existing services, and you don’t have to deal with a double or triple phone bill. When people call you at your 212 phone number, their calls will automatically be routed through Google Voice to the phone number you decide. Your existing cell phone, office phone or land line phone will ring and you’ll be able to take those calls in a seamless and easy way.
Use Different Numbers for Different Purposes
If you’ve had the same phone number for some time, the thought of getting rid of it is probably stressful. That’s especially true if you’ve been using the same work phone number for many years. Customers associate you with your longtime phone number, so switching it over can cause issues. At the same time, a 212 phone number is exclusive and projects an image of success. With Google Voice, your customers will be able to reach you at your longtime number or at your new 212 number with ease.
A Winning Combination
If you’ve been on the fence about getting an exclusive 212 phone number, there’s finally an easy way to do so without committing yourself to a whole new number. You really can have your cake and eat it, too, when you sign up with Google Voice and buy an exclusive 212 phone number from 212areacode.com. What are you waiting for? A 212 number is the perfect way to enhance your image and show people that you mean business. Enjoy the perks of this world-renowned area code without losing the benefits of your existing service by signing up today!
What will you need to port a 212 number to Google Voice:
- A current and active Google Voice account, if you don’t have one yet simply sign up for one, it easy and free.
- Billing information for the 212 number, provided to you by us once you complete your purchase of a 212 number.
Porting Your 212 Number to Google Voice
- Verify that your Google Voice account allows number porting by visiting: https://www.google.com/voice/b/0/porting
- Input your new 212 area code phone number at the required field and click: “Check”, Google will analyze it to see if it’s eligible for porting.
- If it is, you’ll just click through a few disclaimers – just as you would when opening up a new email account.
- On the next step Google will attempt to call the number you are porting in to complete a “voice Verification”, we will forwarded all the calls from this line to the number you provided during checkout: (Your Number) when the call comes through simply input the ‘Verification Code’ and complete the porting process.
- Next, Google will ask for your personal details such as: address, account number etc. the account has been registered to your name and address, the account number is displayed below.
- Use Google Checkout to complete the $20.00 porting fee.
- You will receive an email from Google Voice stating that some information is missing, the info missing is the PIN number, follow the link in the email and input the PIN as displayed below.
Can I Port a 212 Area Code Phone Number to Google Voice?
In short: Yes, you can port any 212 number purchased form us to Google Voice.
If you’ve given Google Voice a shot in the past, you may have held off on switching over entirely due to the inability to port your mobile phone number. People get attached to their phone numbers – it’s simply human nature. This phenomenon is especially likely if you’ve invested money in a snappy 212 phone number. After finally securing a number with a cool area code, the last thing that you want to do is hand out an awkward Google Voice number – right? Thankfully, it looks like Google is finally opening the floodgates and allowing number porting.
To see if your account is eligible for porting head over to: Google Porting
How to Port a Number to Google Voice
Like many of Google’s other services and features, Google Voice phone number porting* is remarkably easy and intuitive. Simply log on to your Google account as usual; click over to your Google Voice settings page. There, you should see a “change/port” option. By clicking on that, you will be asked to input the number that you’d like to port. Google will analyze it to see if it’s eligible for porting. If it is, you’ll just click through a few disclaimers – just as you would when opening up a new email account – and you’ll be good to go. In short, you’ll be able to use your new 212 phone number without facing early termination fees and other penalties.
*(Google charges $20 for the process)
One Number, Many Phones
One of the most beautiful things about Google Voice is that it lets you simplify the phone numbers in your life. Instead of handing out one work number, one cell number and one land-line number, you can just give people your Google Voice number. By dialing it, calls can be routed to any and all of your phones. You can sweeten the deal by porting over a trendy 212 phone number and giving it out instead. Without a doubt, a marriage between Google and the 212 area code is a beautiful thing.
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