Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2006-01-02 Thread Leif Neland
Original Message From: Ross C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 7:18 AM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away Thanks, but I'm looking for information

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2006-01-02 Thread Leif Neland
An interesting wrinkle I'm running against is that you cannot port numbers from a cellular carrier to a landline. i.e. I can't port my cell # to a DID on my PRI. I am not sure if this is just a line of bullshit fed to me from Bell Mobility (Canadian CDMA carrier) but I've not had the time to

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-31 Thread Janina Sajka
Andrew Kohlsmith writes: An interesting wrinkle I'm running against is that you cannot port numbers from a cellular carrier to a landline. i.e. I can't port my cell # to a DID on my PRI. I am not sure if this is just a line of bullshit fed to me from Bell Mobility (Canadian CDMA carrier)

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-31 Thread trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 14:54 -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: However, Vonage did port it -- though it took them 3 months to do it. And, more recently, Broad Voice got it from Vonage, though it took them 6 months. Read the broadvoice user policy, if you port a number in only at their discretion can

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Rich Adamson
Anyone have any info on porting numbers away from a VoIP provider to a Ma Bell or the like? Thanks!! I had a friend port his from Bell -VOIP -VOIP. He had no trouble. I would use a couple providers. So this way if one goes down there is a backup. In very general terms (at least in

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Austin Denyer
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:23:30 -0600 Rich Adamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In very general terms (at least in the US), telephone numbers that are considered portable can be moved from one itsp to another. However, the move process generally involves a request for that move on the part of the

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Julio Arruda
, December 29, 2005 5:47 PM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away I'm looking to move one of my clients to an Asterisk system and a VoIP provider (Teliax, Voxee, ViaTalk, Voicepulse). My concern is porting my client's

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Rich Adamson
Since the last hurricane (that left me without phone for around 3 weeks or so), I did the call forwarding (remote call forwarding in fact). Lucky I was running in the cable modem in a couple of days (power restored). I was planning in having two DIDs in distinct providers (I've been using

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Kerry Garrison
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Adamson Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 7:34 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away Since the last hurricane (that left me without phone for around 3 weeks or so), I did

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Rich Adamson
Thanks, but I'm looking for information on porting numbers when the current provider holding the numbers goes out of business and is unreachable. Can I get the numbers? The business has had the same phone number for almost 30 years and definitely can't lose the number due to some provider's

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Ross C
the feedback. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Adamson Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 7:24 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away Anyone have any

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Ross C
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:23 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away 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

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Friday 30 December 2005 13:23, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: 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). An interesting wrinkle I'm running against is that you cannot port

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Matt Riddell
Ross C wrote: Thanks, but I'm looking for information on porting numbers when the current provider holding the numbers goes out of business and is unreachable. Can I get the numbers? The business has had the same phone number for almost 30 years and definitely can't lose the number due to

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Ross C
: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away Ross C wrote: Thanks, but I'm looking for information on porting numbers when the current provider holding the numbers goes out of business and is unreachable. Can I get the numbers? The business has had the same phone number for almost 30 years

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Bogdan Moldovan
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross C Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 9:34 PM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away Thanks Matt. Are there limitations

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 14:06 -0500, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: On Friday 30 December 2005 13:23, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: 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).

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Brian Capouch
Matt Riddell wrote: So use call forwarding from the Telco, forward it to a VoIP DID, if you lose the VoIP DID, change the forwarding to another number. I thought my local telco told me that if I were to do that, I would have to pay them LD charges for each call that came in to that number.

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 13:33 -0600, Ross C wrote: Thanks Matt. Are there limitations with call forwarding? For example, with Teliax's pay as you go plan you can have a whole bunch of simultaneous calls (we had 12 going the other day). So say we get 10 or 12 calls on our telco number that

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 21:38 +0200, Bogdan Moldovan wrote: Depending on the forward type. You could put conditional or un-conditional forwarding. As far as I know some telcos are placing restrictions on conditional forwarding (and that depends on a case by case basis) but for un-conditional

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Jerry Jones
On Dec 30, 2005, at 1:48 PM, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 14:06 -0500, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: On Friday 30 December 2005 13:23, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: CLECs and ILECs largely are required to let you port your number (there are some potential issues that

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Jerry Jones
Of course most carriers these days charge extra per call path. So how many simultaneous calls do you really need up? On Dec 30, 2005, at 1:55 PM, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 21:38 +0200, Bogdan Moldovan wrote: Depending on the forward type. You could put conditional

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread John Novack
trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 14:06 -0500, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: On Friday 30 December 2005 13:23, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: CLECs and ILECs largely are required to let you port your number (there are some potential issues that cna prevent that but

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Bogdan Moldovan
- Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 21:38 +0200, Bogdan Moldovan wrote: Depending on the forward type. You could put conditional or un-conditional forwarding. As far as I know some telcos are placing restrictions

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Ron Wellsted
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Novack wrote: trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 14:06 -0500, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: On Friday 30 December 2005 13:23, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: CLECs and ILECs largely are required to let you port

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 08:22:27PM +, Ron Wellsted wrote: Within the UK, Number Portability between providers of the same type of service is a legal requirement. Since we charge differently for calls on landlines and mobiles, you cannot port mobile numbers to landlines or landlines to

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread Rich Adamson
So use call forwarding from the Telco, forward it to a VoIP DID, if you lose the VoIP DID, change the forwarding to another number. I thought my local telco told me that if I were to do that, I would have to pay them LD charges for each call that came in to that number. Or am I

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 15:41 -0600, Rich Adamson wrote: So use call forwarding from the Telco, forward it to a VoIP DID, if you lose the VoIP DID, change the forwarding to another number. I thought my local telco told me that if I were to do that, I would have to pay them LD

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-30 Thread gw
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of trixter aka Bret McDanel Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 4:59 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 15:41 -0600, Rich Adamson wrote: So use call forwarding from

[Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-29 Thread Ross C
Im looking to move one of my clients to an Asterisk system and a VoIP provider (Teliax, Voxee, ViaTalk, Voicepulse). My concern is porting my clients numbers to a VoIP provider. Lets say we get all their numbers ported to Teliax (or Voxee or viatalk, etc.), everything is peachy for a year,

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-29 Thread Kerry Garrison
-Commercial Discussion'Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away Im looking to move one of my clients to an Asterisk system and a VoIP provider (Teliax, Voxee, ViaTalk, Voicepulse). My concern is porting my clients numbers to a VoIP provider. Lets say we get all their numbers ported

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-29 Thread Ross C
: Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:14 PM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away -- Personal opinion alert -- Do not route everything to an ITSP. At minimum keep a main PSTN line with call forwarding or call

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-29 Thread Leonard Burton
HI, Anyone have any info on porting numbers away from a VoIP provider to a Ma Bell or the like? Thanks!! I had a friend port his from Bell -VOIP -VOIP. He had no trouble. I would use a couple providers. So this way if one goes down there is a backup. -- Leonard Burton, N9URK [EMAIL

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

2005-12-29 Thread Ross C
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leonard Burton Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:55 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away HI, Anyone have any info on porting numbers away from a VoIP provider to a Ma Bell