»Adventures in number portability.

After a few weeks of using different mobile services (and myriad phones), I decided to switch my phone number, oh that remote yet vital part of my identity, to a new carrier.

The trouble arose when I mentioned that I'd like to switch two existing accounts back and forth, swapping between t-mobile and SprintPCS. But I wanted to keep both accounts.

I balked at having to provide the password to my Sprint account to the t mobile representative, and she agreed that it was stupid ("why don't we just use one-time confirmation numbers?" she asked, sensibly).