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  • Not sure if this pertains to Google voice in particular, so I'll just make it a comment and not an answer, but there is difference between local numbers and mobile numbers and not all vendors can port between the two. Commented Apr 20, 2011 at 2:14
  • @MaQleod I have contacted US Cellular and they say I can take my number anywhere. All I get from Google is "you carrier isn't supported" even when I emailed support. I am not sure if they are considered an land-line in the context you are referring to Commented Apr 20, 2011 at 14:12
  • It is the accepting carrier that needs the switching equipment that can handle the change-over. The phone company I work for can port out to mobile companies, but we cannot accept mobile numbers for port-ins. It may just be that Google can not accept mobile numbers or that the vendor that Google uses has an issue with US Cellular (I'm not sure what number vendor the two of those use). Porting is tricky and there is a LOT that goes on behind the scenes that most people have no visibility into. Commented Apr 20, 2011 at 14:22
  • @MaQleod I've had success porting my own mobile number over to Google Voice (after which, Sprint, my carrier asked if I had authorized it and I asked them to port it back to Sprint, haha...) Commented Jun 21, 2012 at 2:40
  • @Larry - I see your post is from a while back. Have you since solved this issue? Commented Jun 21, 2012 at 2:40