When we switched to Republic, the phones each came with new temporary numbers. I then ported our old numbers. Here's where it gets weird. Even though our phones are now attached to our ported numbers, you can still reach us by calling the new numbers that Republic assigned. As a result, we get more phone calls for other people than we do ourselves. Of course, most of these people didn't pay their bills very well, and bill collectors don't exactly believe you when you say it's a wrong number.
I had no idea until this that you could reach a single handheld phone with two different numbers. Has anyone else experienced that?
As for spam, no text messages and only the calls described above.