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Sorry for the off-topic, but perhaps this will be of interest to other asterisk based ITSPs. We are starting service in a rural area where the ILEC has the rural "monopoly". From what we have read in the FCC docs this does NOT exempt them from number portability, but what does it take for us to qualify to receive their numbers? To date we simply have a few voice trunks to them,

...SP Local Service Provider MSAG Master Street Address Guide NENA National Emergency Number Association NP Number Portability NPA Number Plan Area NSWG Network Services Working Group P-PSAP Primary Public Safety Answering Point PSAP Public Safety Answering Point PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network RILEC Regional Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier SAG Street Address Guide SBC Session Border Controller SILEC Small Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier SIP Session Initiation Protocol SIP-T Session Initiation Protocol for Telephones SP Service Providers SR Selective Router [a.k.a., E9-1-1 Tandem, or E9-1-1 C...