[asterisk-biz] DID provider

[Peter Beckman]

On Wed, 20 May 2009, Alex Balashov wrote:

> One reason this is not done by origination providers at the pre-ordering
> and/or pre-NDA stage is because revealing available numbers would let
> any curious person do LNP dips and/or check pooling info and figure out
> the underlying carriers.

  Oooooooh, that'd be awful!  (I love ya Alex, but really?)  One might be
  able to determine if L3 or Paetec or Verizon is the underlying carrier,
  and then what?  Go around the 3rd party provider and buy direct?  NOT buy
  the number because you hate the underlying carrier?

  I'm not saying providers should publish their providers publically, but
  NOT showing the number because you might:

     1. Find out the provider
     2. ...
     3. Profit!

  is silly.

  I've held the belief that that providers don't show the numbers so that a
  number you want doesn't disappear when you are trying to order it.  I
  don't mind the number disappearing -- it's first come, first served.
  However, I am able to sell more numbers if I know what the number is
  before hand because people get 'attached' to numbers when they know what
  it will be, and THEY don't want to lose the number they've come to love.

  I'm fine if a company only shows you the number after you sign a contract
  or something, but NOT showing the numbers before you buy so you don't find
  out who THEY are buying from seems pretty silly, if true.

Beckman
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