Conversion of land line to cellular service.

It took me number of hours in the ATT corporate store in the Woodlands Texas to get this conversion done. After returning home I've received text message on one of the personal cell phones with ATT service that this conversion did not go through. I've called provided number and after another few hours on the phone I was told that this time the process was successfully completed. The previous attempt had to be cancelled. Since the Woodlands store did not have phone I wanted I waited patiently for three days to get the phone in mail. After activation and setting up this new phone with the transferred number from the land line I've realized that I can call from the phone but nobody can call this new phone. There was silicon Sally message "This phone call can't be completed as dialed. etc. ". Little frustrated I drove to the corporate store in the Woodlands where after five minutes of patient waiting an employee with the name tag "Cole" asked me how he can help. I've explained the problem and was told in somewhat rude way that in this case the number is in "Limbo" for up to two weeks and can't be used. The employee never explained what the Limbo term meant. This really ticked me off since ATT personnel during the transfer process never mentioned this ridicules waiting time. On the top of this frustration the attitude and rudeness of an employee with the name tag "Cole" really made my day.

The lesson learned from this ATT experience is that after twenty something years with them I'm switching to other cellular service provider. I've already cancelled U-verse, lousy and slow internet service and the land phone line. 

The way this outfit works I don't see any reason to spend my hard earned $$ with them.