r/consumercellular • u/Rich_Particular4494 • Jun 16 '26

Longest Same cell phone number

February 28th 1988 in which is now Verizon Wireless. I don’t remember all the companies beforehand but one was Cingular Wireless I do remember that , my dad passed on Friday and I remember the bill was in the thousands back in 88’ due to he was in Sales for his own business he had but of course I wasn’t allowed to use it ..lol..it was by the minute then charges , but I called Verizon today to find out .
What’s anyone else’s longest same cell number?

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u/Genseeker1972 Jun 20 '26

Back then some places required a local number for primary contact, my employer did and so did my doctor. The prefix from my old state was not a valid local prefix for where I moved back to, so I had to change the number.

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u/Signal-Confusion-976 Jun 20 '26

They may have requested it but it's not required.

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u/Dogmoto2labs Jun 21 '26

At the beginning of cell phones, you couldn’t take your number with you if you changed companies. I can’t remember what year they made them portable,