The number you are porting must be active with your current service provider. The port-in process typically takes a few hours to complete, but could take as long as 2 business days or longer for landlines. If your TracFone service remains inactive over 30 days, you will lose your telephone number.
Collections & Your Credit. As far as Daveâs credit reports are concerned, these debts canât be reported forever. Collection accounts may be reported for seven years plus 180 day s from the original date of delinquency â the date he first fell behind with the original creditor.
Most information (good and bad) will stay on your credit report for seven years. However, some financial disasters (divorce, bankruptcy) can stay for as long as ten years. The â¦ silver lining to this is that, the older the negative information is, the less influence it has on the overall report. According to the FCR Act Section 605 a debt can remain on a credit report for 7 years and 180 days after the delinquency that caused the account to go bad. 2  Sometimes creditors will sell their bad accounts or post information on the credit report to show an activity date that is less than 7 years.