Retiring a Cell Phone Number I’ve Had Too Long

by EzekielDiet.com
Posted on Jul 17, 2026

Ezekiel Diet Note: I just retired, or the correct term is “parked”, my cell phone number I’ve had for 25 years.

I’ve come to realize my cell phone number was like a second Social Security number for identification. Not only in numerous transactions everyday that required 2 factor authentication but also in highway scanning devices. Also my carrier must of been the happy recipient of a regular trove of contact information that passed through that number.

Highway scanners pick up cell phone IMEI and MAC addresses that refer back to the cell number for identification purposes. Drive by one and everyone in the car with a cell phone is instantly identified.

Brax.me has a new unlisted cell phone number service for $75 a year that will keep the goons watching guessing. Who was that masked man? From the old Lone Ranger movies for everyone except the Boomers.

I discovered I can park that old cell number at Voiply for $20 a year (annual payment). Voicemail comes to a designated email transcribed into text. And text messages also come to that designated email address as well.

I was concerned if all my daily two factor authentication texts would be forwarded fast enough. After a day of using the Voiply parked number I’ve discovered the authentication texts come via email in just seconds. It’s almost instant. So I can still validate a two factor authentication within a minute.

Also, after 25 years anyone could search the Internet and my cell phone number came up on dozens of sites. This was an issue when I was trying to get competitive quotes from different trades.

So I still own the number and can receive call voicemail and texts via email. The number is just in retirement in case anyone from 25 years contacts it.

After the port to Voiply I received several wrong number suspicious text messages that may have been fishing for my new cell number. I didn’t respond to any of them.

See Voiply Parking Service at: https://www.voiply.com/number-parking

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