I don't think that exemption applied to LNP. It did for a while to keep CLECs out of the rural areas but that has now sunset.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Will" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] I want to port their numbers!!!! > If you take a look at the exemption they have to have less then 50,000 > phone numbers or lines. I can't remember which. > Do a bit of research on it and find the exact clause that enables them > to do that. Most likely they are to large to qualify. Then send them a > nice letter from a nice attorney. Also be ready for the long haul. > They will fight it just to keep you and others from coming in if they > are in the right or not. It would be a good idea to find some others in > your area with a interest in this such as the local cable company or > others that would want the same thing. Pool your resource and make it > look like you and your partners are as big as they come. > > Anthony Will > Broadband Corp. > http://www.broadband-mn.com > > > > John McDowell wrote: >> Local Cooperative Telco will not let us port. What is my work around? >> >> Order PRI to our tower in their territory? We're working with VoxCorp, so >> they have to be able to grab those numbers even if we do something like >> this.. >> >> Verizon Wireless has local numbers with this company for their cellular, >> and it has to be because they have towers in their territory with PRIs??? >> >> Somebody have a solution? >> >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/