You cannot port across rate center boundaries and in some cases you cannot port outside the wirecenter.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Yunker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Frontier communications is blocking access to our VOIP > Do you know whether Heartland is set up as a CLEC in Illinois? Do they > have > switches in the LATA that from which you are trying to port numbers? If > not, do they have an agreement with a CLEC or ILEC that does have > switching > capability in that LATA? > > Under the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) "local number > portability" (LNP) rules, so long as you remain in the same geographic > area, > you can switch telephone service providers and keep your existing phone > number. I've heard of telco's claiming non-portability of numbers based > on > the fact that a Vo-IP provider is actually not in the "same geographic > area" > in that the Vo-IP provider had no facilities and no partners in that > geographic area. > > ALSO Note: Certain small wireline companies may have an exemption from the > porting requirements if they have received a waiver from their state > public > service commission. > > Larry Yunker, Network Consultant > WISP Advantage > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ross Cornett > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:21 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Frontier communications is blocking access to our > VOIP > > We found that ICTC (Illinois Consolidated Telephone Company) and Frontier > use the same tandem in Mattoon illinois... Frontier will pass calls from > Frontier to ICTC... However, when we port a number from ICTC, they will > not > hand the call over to heartland communications, which is our new VOIP > provider... I called the ICC(Illinois Commerce Commission) they told me > I > had to call the FCC they told me until I contacted a lawyer and they would > not talk to me... I can't believe the red tape... > > In the meantime, I have customers in Frontier Communications, that are > losing service due to this mishap... > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > _________________________ > Galatians 6:7-8: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man > soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of > the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the > Spirit reap life everlasting." > ____________________________________________________________________________ > _________________________ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Merkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:58 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Frontier communications is blocking access to our > VOIP > > >> Have your CLEC call them and make sure it is not just a routing issue >> or problem in their phone switch. We've run into this quite a bit with >> rural telco's in our area. If they are truly blocking calls to your >> numbers, complain to your state's public utility comission ASAP! >> >> -Eric >> >> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Ross Cornett >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Anyone know of anything that can help me here? >>> >>> Frontier communciations is allowing us to port numbers out of their >>> territory, but they are blocking callers from their areas from calling >>> those >>> numbers.... >>> >>> Is this legal? Does anyone have any ideas that can help me... >>> >>> We are working with Heartland Communciations in Paducah Kentucky. We >>> get >>> our bandwidth from them. They also do our VOIP. When we switched from >>> our >>> Illinois Consolidated telephone system a centrex system. We moved to >>> our >>> inhouse VOIP provided by Heartland Communications in Paducah Kentucky. >>> Frontier Communications started blocking their callers from calling our >>> office and any dialup numbers we ported also... >>> >>> By the way Illinois Consolidated, an independant in Central Illinois >>> has >>> been really nice working with us on this.... I can't say enough about >>> their >>> assistance... >>> >>> My dialups are going fast If I can't get a solution....let alone my >>> office >>> will never be able to use the VOIP that I have fibered to my office.... >>> >>> >>> >>> Ross E. Cornett >>> HofNet Communications, Inc. >>> >>> >>> >>> > ____________________________________________________________________________ > _________________________ >>> Galatians 6:7-8: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a >>> man >>> soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall >>> of >>> the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of >>> the >>> Spirit reap life everlasting." >>> >>> > ____________________________________________________________________________ > _________________________ >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> WISPA Wants You! 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