This question keeps coming up because some people do not understand who actually "owns" the DID. First thing I will point out is that the location determines who has jurisdiction. Obviously the FCC and state regulators can't do much to protect your rights to a non-US DID. Second thing you have to understand is that you might not "own" the DID and neither does your vendor in many cases. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but I do believe that non-CLEC's do not have to provide LNP for the local DID numbers they buy from a CLEC and resell. In some situations they might be able to get the entire DID block ported to another CLEC. If they later become a CLEC in that state they would probably get the DID block ported to themselves.
Interesting note - a friend of mine just ported a San Diego number that he originally got from lingo to vonage. Entire process took under 2 weeks. He got the ATA, plugged it in and it worked immediately. Innocent Evil wrote: > DIDx.org - Terms of Service - If you have signed up for membership, you do > agree with the following. > >d. Cancellation > >In each DIDX transaction, there is a Buyer and a Seller. The Buyer and the >Seller understand that once an exchange has taken place on DIDX, neither party >(neither the Buyer nor the Seller) will cancel said agreement, for the period >of time in which the said DID numbers are active. The provided DID numbers >will then be passed on to other members of the exchange making it impossible >to cancel the exchange. > >A DID sold on DIDX may not be turned off unless the DIDX Seller who sold the >DID is going out of business and is closed. Where this is the case, the DID >Seller must give at least a 3 months in advance notice. > > > >-- >You don't have any choice, you already made it before you came here. > > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:13:29 -0500 >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [asterisk-biz] DIDs lifetime on DIDX >> >>I've searched through the archives but have not found a precise answer. >> >>We are looking into becoming members of DIDX. However a question >>which was brought up previously on this list is what happens to a DID >>you pruchase through DIDX and the provider drops out of DIDX? Do you >>get to keep that DID and continue paying the provider directly at the >>same rate? Do you loose the DID? >> >>What provisions exist on DIDX to protect buyers against providers >>dropping out of their network? >> >>If someone from DIDX is reading this and could reply pointing me into >>where this information can be found on DIDX's website or Ts&Cs, I >>would (and all of us) would certainly appreciate it. >> >>Thanks, >>Waldo >>_______________________________________________ >>--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- >> >>asterisk-biz mailing list >>To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz >> >> >_______________________________________________ >--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > >asterisk-biz mailing list >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
