So I guess I'm unclear on who 'owns' the number? If my ITSP goes bust, and I want to port my number to another phone service provider (ITSP or a Ma Bell or something), does the porting process REQUIRE an acknowledgement from the ITSP that is out of business? Or, because I was the one who ported the number to the ITSP in the first place, would I have enough authority/authorization to get the number ported? Would it do any good to call my local telco and ask about porting numbers from providers that are out of business? Sounds like number porting is still a pretty gray area!
Thanks for all the feedback. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Adamson Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 7:24 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away > > Anyone have any info on porting numbers away from a VoIP provider to a Ma > > Bell or the like? Thanks!! > > I had a friend port his from Bell ->VOIP ->VOIP. He had no trouble. > > I would use a couple providers. So this way if one goes down there is a backup. In very general terms (at least in the US), telephone numbers that are considered portable can be moved from one itsp to another. However, the move process generally involves a "request" for that move on the part of the receiving itsp and an "acknowledgement" on the part of the old itsp (or original owner of the number). That transfer process has had lots of problems of which some include: - some itsp's don't have a clue how to do it - some telco's refuse to acknowledge the transfer - etc, etc. Most of the larger telco's will handle such requests rather well. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
