On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 10:19 -0600, Rich Adamson wrote: > Let's see if I can clearify this a little bit. > > Local Number Portability (LPN) is a little different for telco's then it > is for cell phone providers, with far more politics involved in the telco > implementation. >
And ITSPs generally are not required to let you port numbers. Some let you port in but not out. Broadvoice for example has in their user agreement that if you port a number in and they like it they can prevent you from porting it out, if you cancel you lose the number. Read the agreements carefully, if its not in writing it doesnt count. CLECs and ILECs largely are required to let you port your number (there are some potential issues that cna prevent that but genereally that is a true statement). *Generally* if the ITSP is not a CLEC then they are buying from a provider somewhere (CLEC/ILEC) even if not directly. It is that LEC that would be porting the number. Even if the ITSP fails and goes away the underlying carrier would still be able to get the phone number ported. However you arent the customer of that LEC so they may want some assurances or outright refuse. -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel UK +44 870 340 4605 Germany +49 801 777 555 3402 US +1 360 207 0479 or +1 516 687 5200 FreeWorldDialup: 635378 http://www.sacaug.org/ Sacramento Asterisk Users Group
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