asterisk users - May 2007 - OT ? Number portability, land line to Cell

Having had various issues with local vendor (begins with "V"). am
looking to move to all wireless.  Anyone know if current vendor can refuse to
port the current land line numbers to a wireless provider?
>From what I've read, the Fed's seem to say "no", they
cannot refuse, or impede this.
joe a.

On Mon, 14 May 2007, Joe acquisto said something to this effect:
> Having had various issues with local vendor (begins with "V"). am
looking
> to move to all wireless.  Anyone know if current vendor can refuse to 
> port the current land line numbers to a wireless provider?
   LNP does provide for this, at least in principle.

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Alex Balashov   <sasha@presidium.org>

Quoting Joe acquisto <joea@j4computers.com>:
> Having had various issues with local vendor (begins with "V"). am
> looking to move to all wireless.  Anyone know if current vendor can   
> refuse to port the current land line numbers to a wireless provider?
>
>> From what I've read, the Fed's seem to say "no", they
cannot
>> refuse, or impede this.
In Canada I've had limited success - personal lines seem easier to get  
done than business lines for some reason, and the whole issue of the  
overlapped area codes in the toronto area complicate things further  
(really or just portrayed that way as an excuse I am not really sure.)


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I was going to port a number here in Ohio and Verizon said it would cost 
$90 to do so as they can charge what it cost them.
Bob R
Joe acquisto wrote:
> Having had various issues with local vendor (begins with "V"). am
looking to move to all wireless.  Anyone know if current vendor can refuse to
port the current land line numbers to a wireless provider?
>
> >From what I've read, the Fed's seem to say "no", they
cannot refuse, or impede this.
>
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Joe acquisto wrote:
> Having had various issues with local vendor (begins with "V"). am
looking to move to all wireless.  Anyone know if current vendor can refuse to
port the current land line numbers to a wireless provider?
>
> >From what I've read, the Fed's seem to say "no", they
cannot refuse, or impede this.
>
> joe a.
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It depends on whether or not your local vendor actually owns the number 
itself or acquires it from another vendor. If they own the number, I 
don't think they're legally allowed to refuse to port it. If they lease 
the number from another provider, they're not actually obligated to 
assist you in porting, although they might, if you ask nicely, tell you 
with whom you need to deal to port the number.

> Having had various issues with local vendor (begins with "V"). am
looking to move to all wireless.  Anyone know if current vendor can refuse to
port the current land line numbers to a wireless provider?
> 
> >From what I've read, the Fed's seem to say "no", they
cannot refuse, or impede this.
Your local Vendor can certainly refuse to port the number, regardless of
whether or not they're actually supposed to allow portability.  They're 
the phone company, they don't have to care.

Excuses can range fom "we don't support that" to "the
equipment's too old"
to "my dog ate my homework."

They know that 99.9% of all consumers are stupid and/or will not argue the
point.  Most people do not choose to engage big businesses over things 
like this.  That's unfortunate, of course, because it enables companies to
get away with blowoffs like this successfully and makes it harder for the
rest of us to fight.

You might find it interesting and/or useful to see if you can get them to
port it to their own wireless division, assuming that they have one.

If you decide to press the point, which you're encouraged to do, then the
following resource ought to be helpful.

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/numbport.html

... JG
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