[asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

[Alan Bunch]

I know I''m going wind up with a carrier.  I just hope I can find one 
that will be around for a while.

alabun

Matt wrote:

> Well, when a carrier goes out of business their numbers are returned 
> to the pool.  You MIGHT be able to get them if you talk nicely to the 
> top dog (XO, Level3, etc), but probably not.    I don't know exactly 
> what you want for an answer..... if you don't want to park at a 
> carrier where else will you park?
>
>
> On 4/16/07, *Alan Bunch* <Alan.Bunch at udfc.com 
> <mailto:Alan.Bunch at udfc.com>> wrote:
>
>     I have a number that was ported to Vonage about 7 months
>     ago.  Well the
>     CFO of my company did anyway. With the present Vonage situation he
>     would
>     like to port that number away from Vonage.  Is there a place,
>     other than
>     a carrier, to park a number ?   He has had this number for may
>     years and
>     would like to hold on to it.
>
>     I know I could port it to any number of carriers but don't want to
>     move
>     it to someone I don't know will be in business tomorrow.  BTW, what
>     happens to the numbers a carrier has when they vanish ?  I would
>     imagine
>     it's a pain recovering those number from a customer point of view.
>
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