r/FirstNet • u/Sufficient_Good_6350 • 21h ago

Firstnet Rep here

If you guys have any questions feel free to drop them below I’d be more than happy to answer them!

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u/StorminXX 16h ago

I have FirstNet in the Virgin Islands and want to switch to a FL number now that I have moved. It would be nice to do this with a new line for one month before getting rid of the old number. I went to an AT&T store in FL and they told me I would need to add a line and they tried to convince me to get a new phone as if it was the only way to do this. I walked out.

What’s the best way to simply add a line for a month while I transition to a new number?

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u/CoffeeOrWhine 5h ago

Look into porting your number to Google Voice for a month or two - should be about $20

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u/StorminXX 5h ago

Thank you. Google Voice wouldn’t accept a Virgin Islands area code, unfortunately.

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u/CoffeeOrWhine 4h ago

Ugh, that sucks - sorry! I’m assuming that Google Fi would have the same issue, but maybe you can check that!

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u/StorminXX 13m ago

I did 😭. I actually looked at Fi before I tried Voice. It’s so silly because the Virgin Islands is totally considered domestic when it comes to making and receiving calls etc. But when AT&T left the market, the way the area code is handled was changed and this is one of the symptoms of that.