Agreed; there are numerous ITSPs and carriers today that are known, de facto, to have a "we don't port" policy stance, and there is little that can be done about it.
In theory, however, all numbers are _supposed_ to be portable by whoever the end customer is. Yaro Donchenko wrote: > It or not 212-202-XXXX from broad voice no way to port out even today. > And if you got a number from j2fax and trying to port it out forget > about there is no way to do it. > > FCC can't do nothing about it because it is clearly stated in a > agreement that number is rented. > > Alex Balashov wrote: >> Yaro Donchenko wrote: >> >> >>> So when you buy a DID from some type a small ITSP who is reselling it >>> from CLEC and does not maintain CSR records you could face a problems >>> when you try to leave... Another thing company broadvoice stated in they >>> TOS that users does not own the numbers and they just leasing them from >>> broadvoice, also I'v seen same problem with j2fax, you can't port the >>> numbers from them also. So before you buy from any one read TOS and make >>> sure that you not renting a numbers. >>> >> If I am not mistaken, recent directives from the FCC within the last >> year are spoken precisely to agreements with language to this effect, >> and deem them void in most cases. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz -- Alex Balashov - Principal Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
