There are national number "rental agencies" that lease out prime 800 numbers even down to the rate center level.
They own the number, not the "renter", and there is a contract that says so. Cary Fitch -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jeff LaCoursiere Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:08 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] 800 number portability On Thu, 16 Jul 2009, Don Kelly wrote: > Changing toll-free RespOrgs (Responsible Organizations) is different from > number portability. > > That said, the owner of a toll-free number has the right to change RespOrgs, > so the question is "Who is the owner?" The "owner" in this case is "CallSource" (www.callsource.com). Funny enough, it looks a lot like the kind of stuff you do, Don ;) So I guess my disconnect is that a party can "own" an 800 number, but have it routed by the RespOrg of their choice? In this case my client must be renting the 800 number from CallSource, and they are the actual owner, so are refusing to let it go. Does that sound right? > > Has your customer been buying simple toll-free service and owned the number > all along, or are they buying some sort of enhanced service and the provider > owns the number? I assumed it was simple 800 service (and in fact at first they told me it was AT&T they were getting the service from). It seems that this is actually something enhanced. Cheers, j _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users