Why I Hate New Cell Numbers or Why Phone Companies Should Pay Us to Switch

I have had the same phone number and cell provider for about 6 years.  That's a long damn time in my world.  I moved right after I signed a new two-year contract. So for about the last two years, that service has been horrible.  Like walking to the middle of the road and turning my head slightly to the right and down bad.    Plus, the number I had wasn't long distance for my parents to call me.  They hate long-distance.  But I finally had to do it.  Then end of the contract was near.  The hubs lost his phone. My phone wouldn't stay charged longer than 10 minutes.  Contract expiring in 3...2....1~  Woo hoo!  We'd been shopping around, but times are tough.  I had a Droid, which I LOVED! But I couldn't afford a comparable phone.  We ended up with the biggest piece of shit doesn't even have a camera phone for $19.99.  We did the pay as you go plan to start, so we paid $50 unlimited everything. Sounded like a bargain. The internet on this POS phone doesn't work half the time because it is a POS phone.  There is no wonderful QWERTY keyboard so I'm texting like I'm back in the 90s.  This month I'm downgrading to the $30 unlimited talk/text since internet is useless on that phone!  This is terrible!  But the worst part?  All my google accounts have 2-step verification.  With my old phone number.  UGH!  For 2 weeks now I've been trying to get their stupid automated system to realize that I need to get to my accounts and change my phone number.  So today I finally got the link and here I am.  Stupid cell phones.  But....at least now I have great reception.