Comcast changed my phone number without permission

The same this just happened to us - we changed Triple Play packages, and a few days later accidentally discovered that they had given us a new landline number. There was no reason to change our number, nor did they tell us that they did so. Now they're saying that our original number no longer exists. It was also a business number and there's no way we can notify the hundreds of people who have it in their records. If the old number is not restored in a matter of hours, we'll be filing a complaint with the FCC.

after installing new gateway modem i no longer have phone service. have been trying to contacy a human being from xfinity for three days with no luck. their new automated service is the worst i have ever experienved. their techs are usually very good, but it is almost impossible to talk to one. i have no idea how to get around this.

Hang in there pinballplayer. It took me over a week, but I finally got my old number back. They claimed it was "gone forever" which it legally shouldn't be, since deleted numbers are supposed to go into "quarantine" for six months before being reassigned to someone else. They even claimed at one point that they had assigned my old number to another customer. So what? That's their problem not mine. Finally I threatened to turn them into the FCC for multiple violations, in particular changing my number without my permission, doing it without telling me, then lying about not being able to restore it. Just keep nagging them - I called them every day or two until they got my old number back and reassigned it to me. Good luck!

I also changed my triple play package and they changed my phone number without permission or without even telling me. NOWHERE on the agreement did I agree to a new phone number.   I only found out because I can make calls but people can't call me.  Says my phone is not in service.  I spent hours getting the internet to work yesterday only to discover this problem this morning.  They truly do punish you if you make any changes and I believe it is part of their business practice to make it so you will never change anything.

As I said in my post, they're lying. It was their fault that they changed your number, and it's illegal for them to do that without notifying you in advance. (There is an FCC Web site where you can file a complaint.) And your old phone number isn't "gone" - they're placed "in holding" for six months before they're available to be re-assigned. And if they tell you that it's been assigned to another customer, that's their problem, not yours. Try calling your old number - I'll bet it says that it's no longer in service, so it's still out there This is all due to a bug in their system. They can restore your old number - it just takes work on their end. Don't give up! Threaten to call the FCC, and if necessary, do it! This is similar to "slamming" and it's against the law. Good luck!

Thank you erveryone for bringing this up.  It took me 30 days to port a number and when I upgraded to get a couple of more channels, I lost voice mail.  What I have learned - NEVER UPGRADE.  Live with what you have.

After taking this to the internet and searching with Google, it appears that MANY comcast customers have found that "upgrading" to Triple Play implicitly triggers a phone number (land line) replacement.  The support staff "tries" to restore the old number, but since the old number is "No Longer In Inventory" they cannot.  They are SO Sorry.

In fact, so many people have written about this problem, it is clearly a bug in their system that they do not want to fix.   Well, I have 15 years invested in my phone number:  Countless address books, countless store membership numbers and countless forms that I could not locate if my life depended on it.   I did NOT volunteer to have my number changed.

I suggest that we start a class action lawsuit -- I think there are probably a million of us that can claim $1k in pain and suffering for this horrible treatment.   Maybe if they have to pay ONE BILLION DOLLARS -- not to mention the publicity that we will create in all the papers and news channels -- Comcast will do us the "favor" of restoring our original phone numbers.

I have a more serious matter. XFinity made a mistake and mixed my account number with someone who was removing their phone number in an attempt to reduce their monthly payments. Well, before I knew what was happening my phone was disconnected and the phone number was returned to the telephone company pool. Now the phone number I had for 33 years now belongs to someone else and XFinity's only way of fixing it is to give me another number. They did try to patch things up by offering a better package to me. My only take away from this is to jump on any unauthorized changes the minute it appears in your email. Not very happy.