Carrier How many times do you change numbers?

[max2]

If any.

 

[Shadowbech]

I barely change my numbers, unless I'm getting so many spam/junk calls. Too annoyed to change and update every one in my contact of my new number.

 

[max2]

Never changed here.

 

[Jordan921]

I’ve only changed my number once back in 2003.

 

[tedley]

1998. And that's only because I wasn't able to port the number to a new carrier. I've ported my current number a couple of times since then and will continue to do so if permitted.

 

[beach bum]

Never. I just wish there was a better way of blocking spam callers and text messages.

 

[tomtattoo]

Years ago I was able to get a number with surname and birthday from a well known actrice I´m a fan of.
Will not change it until I´m dead.

 

[Runs For Fun]

I've had my first and only number since 2006.

 

[jetsam]

If any.

Last changed in 2008, when I got my first iPhone and moved to AT&T. I decided not to port my number from Sprint because it used an overlay area code that nobody recognized.

 

[Hotpinkflamingoaz]

3 total in 19 years, had this one for 10.

 

[Born Again]

4 times - my wife wont let me do it again.

 

[MacDaddyPanda]

I changed once because I inadvertently gave it out in a screenshot to someone on a dating site I wasn't sure about. Didn't want to chance it. Although in hindsight I wondered if it would have mattered, because my number has been bombarded with robocalls more frequently vs the old number. This was couple yrs ago. But changing numbers is a huge hassle because of how tied in it can be to some accounts that use the number for security.

 

[TrueBlou]

I used to change mine with monotonous regularity, for reasons we won’t go into

But I’ve had my current number, for oh I don’t know, must be the best part of 20 years or so.

 

[Martyimac]

Got my current number in 2007 and have had it since then.

 

[SisterBlue22]

I've had the same cell number since I got my very first cell phone in 1996...24 years without a change.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I have had my current number since 2005.

 

[QCassidy352]

I’ve had mine since my first cell phone in... 2000? Don’t plan on changing it.

 

[max2]

I had my number sense flip phones existed.

 

[Quarric]

On my 3rd number in 17/18 years.
Only changed from the last one because someone I wanted no further contact with had a habit of changing their number and contacting me.
I plan on keeping this one.

 

[Boyd01]

Have had the same number since my first Motorola Star Tac phone in 2000.

 

[nburwell]

I've changed my number once -- back in 2001 when we couldn't port our number when switching carriers. I've had the same number ever since.

 

[fauxtog]

same number since 2003

 

[tranceking26]

Many times as a teen and student but only a handful of times since then.

I’m very happy with giffgaff so not likely to change again for a long time.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I have changed numbers once (that I recall) since I have had a cell phone. T-Mobile does a very good job completely blocking scammers and spammers. When I was with Verizon, several years ago, that wasn’t the case.

If you need to give out your number, use a burner number from Hushed or something similar.

 

[jbachandouris]

Only once when switching from Sprint to Verizon almost 20 years ago. I ported the number to AT&T around 10 years ago for the iPhone 3GS.