On 10/11/09 2:40 PM, Alex Balashov wrote: > Yaro Donchenko wrote: > >> Before you sing up with any one don't forget to ask them if you will be >> able to port the numbers out if there is any problems. > > In theory, the underlying carriers (UCs) whose facilities those > providers use are required to allow the port-out, and so is the ITSP. > > Recent FCC rulings clarified that numbers cannot be held hostage to > billing disputes with the ITSP, and that the end-user is the logical > "owner" of that number even if purchasing from a reseller/ITSP and not > directly from a carrier. > > This is all in theory. The point is that if you ask if you can port > out, you'll be told yes. In practice, it may be a different story.
So legally you could get 10 numbers, never pay a cent, then port to someone else and do the same? Sounds rather dangerous. -- Cheers, Matt Riddell Director _______________________________________________ http://www.venturevoip.com/news.php (Daily Asterisk News) http://www.venturevoip.com/st.php (SmoothTorque Predictive Dialer) http://www.venturevoip.com/c3.php (ConduIT3 PABX Systems) _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
