u/jhedfors

For those of you that use Google Voice as their primary number, is it usable without minutes using data only?

I see conflicting information as to how long until your number gets released and is not recoverable if you don't pay your bill.

TOS indicates 90 days, but the help docs show 30 days.

Can someone clarify which is correct?

30 days:

https://preview.redd.it/6b4s5qzb250h1.png?width=930&format=png&auto=webp&s=9aa1617276e5862a372039a5d58f0f28a0f359b7

https://www.usmobile.com/help/docs/troubleshooting-and-setup/port-out-us-mobile#will-i-lose-my-number-if-i-dont-pay-the-bill

90 days:

https://preview.redd.it/v17o5q37250h1.png?width=822&format=png&auto=webp&s=89fe1303939f0c4e7fadff531b8a3bf454ba194d

Section 6.1 https://www.usmobile.com/terms

After 25 years, I switched my T-Mobile family plan numbers over to Tello. I am very pleased so far.

However, I just noticed their 5-day number expiration policy.

Checking around, most other providers have a minimum of 30 days. 5-days seems unusually and extremely harsh, don't you think?

Perhaps the current policy could be reasonable for new numbers assigned by Tello for a short duration. I think that for numbers that were ported-in or outside of that duration should have a longer expiration policy.

It seems crazy that numbers that I have had for years could expire so easily.