"Cricket Number is No Longer In Service" After porting my number 2 years ago?

I upgraded to the LG G3 last Friday and when my grandma and my employer try to call my phone it is saying, "This Cricket number is no longer in service." I have had 3 different SIM cards and I stupidly dropped my new LG G3 and had to order a replacement, which arrived today (9/27). So I have had 2 different phone as well. I ported my Cricket number over to Verizon over 2 years ago!!!!! I have been to the store several times, and have contacted technical support along with other various Verizon numbers to no avail. Everyone has no idea what is going on and it has been bumped to the highest level of customer support. The Verizon techs keep asking me if anyone else has trouble calling me but how would I know if the number is coming up "No longer in service?" Has anyone experienced this problem before? I have no trouble sending calls to the aforementioned numbers and have never had this issue in the past!!

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This may be a ridiculous question, but do your employer and grandmother use Cricket?

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