Adding ported second att phone line to E Sim on iPhone 11 Pro Max

Thanks for your response, since I am not really going to use this a lot, I am interested in transferring it to another carrier that is only 20 bucks a month.  (But I will look at the plans) 

Since posting this, I have found that it is possible to have 2 carriers on the phone.  Do I need to call ATT to get the "pin" that I will need to port the number?  or is there a website to auto get it?

Thanks

Okay now this gets more complicated. Right now you could port that landline to a cheap carrier like red pocket which has a plan for $5 a month or $60 for the year that's talk text and half a gig of data. It would work currently on your current iPhone 11 because the phone is paid off.

So here's the wrinkle, in October of 2022 AT&T started enforcing its unpaid device policy. The unpaid device policy prevents a phone that is under installments from being used on another account.   This means if you have an AT&T financed phone, you can't use the ESIM with AT&T prepaid, or an AT&T MVNO. And because it's locked it won't work on a different service provider.  

If you purchase your phones unlocked from Apple every year it won't be a problem.  

The why?...  This was done to prevent fraud.   Like purchasing a phone under a deal, and then reselling the phone to someone else.  If the intention is to commit fraud, they often default on the entire account immediately. This means AT&T blacklists the phone for fraud and the third party suffers the consequences.

You can only add another provider if the phone is unlocked. You should only need account number and account info to port landline to cell phone.

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Yes the phone is unlocked, not stolen and the account is in excellent condition!

Thanks, understood we always buy our phones out right from Apple!