Originally Posted by waleed786
initial activation charges are nothing new, all service providers have them. im just surprised its 35..expected it to be somewhere around 10

Originally Posted by colnago
I paid ~$30 just to get a "new number" on my existing Verizon account. I believe initialization costs are closer to $50 for new accounts.

I paid ~$30 to "port my AT&T cellular number" to T-Mobile.

It costs ~$30 to "port my existing Vonage number" to another VoIP provider's service.

$35 is about the going rate for provisioning a phone number...in the US anyway.

Well "again", I was not responding to you geneven, and your post above waleed's did not mention "pay as you go" accounts, which obviously differ from "long term service" accounts.