The block is listed as portable. On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM Jeff Shultz <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the only option would be to contact the ILEC that the number > originated with. According to npanxxsource.com that would be > CenturyLink/Lumen. > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 10:22 AM Aaron C. de Bruyn via VoiceOps < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey everyone, >> >> I've run into a situation I've never dealt with before, and it's >> personal... >> >> My dear old mother has had a phone number in the 509-427 prefix for about >> 50 years now. >> >> It's survived all the US West, Qwest, Embarq, Century Link, Lumen, >> whatever changes over the decades...and finalle ended up taking a deal from >> her ISP (a CLEC) to bundle her phone/internet . >> >> This all worked out pretty well until a few year or so when the ISP was >> sold to new management and service tanked. They've had several multi-day >> and even a multi-week outage. >> >> Fast forward to a month ago, and my mom decided to sign up for Starlink >> and cancel her old DSL bundle. Being 80 years old, she had no idea her >> "home phone" was linked to her DSL service....and as luck would have it, >> the day after she cancelled she ended up having a minor stroke. >> >> When I realized her home phone was disconnected, I asked her to call her >> former ISP and see if they could recover and just port out the number...my >> intent being to attach it to my existing infrastructure and simply forward >> calls to her cell phone. >> >> Her ISP said "we released the number 2 weeks ago, there's no way to get >> it back". >> >> I know I've seen numbers get recovered before...but since I'm not a CLEC >> or anything other than just a guy who helps support a handful of VoIP >> installs, it's beyond me if it's possible or how I could get the number >> back. >> >> I also seem to recall ~8 years ago that the local switch didn't support >> number portability and it doesn't show up as having any numbers available >> if I try to acquire a number out of the "STEVENSON WA" area. >> >> Am I out of luck? >> >> Thanks, >> >> -A >> _______________________________________________ >> VoiceOps mailing list -- [email protected] >> https://lists.voiceops.org/postorius/lists/voiceops.voiceops.org/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > > -- > Jeff Shultz > Central Office Technician > SCTC > (503) 769-2125 > Go Big - Ask for 5 Gig > -- Jeff Shultz Central Office Technician SCTC (503) 769-2125 Go Big - Ask for 5 Gig -- Like us on Social Media for News, Promotions, and other information!! <https://www.facebook.com/SCTCWEB/> <https://www.instagram.com/sctc_sctc/> <https://www.yelp.com/biz/sctc-stayton-3> <https://www.youtube.com/c/sctcvideos> _**** This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. ****_
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