[asterisk-biz] Best/Cheapest DID Provider with 10 or more channels?

[Alex Balashov]

I believe there are qualifications on such consumer protections to  
prevent this from ocurring, although I am no specialist as to what  
they are.

The intent of the clarifications was to prevent ITSPs or carriers from  
holding end-users' numbers hostage in connection with billing disputes  
amongst themselves, above all else.  As a side effect, the rulings  
established that the end-user is the logical "owner" of those numbers,  
not the ITSP purchasing them (internediately) from the carrier.

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On Nov 9, 2009, at 8:54 PM, Matt Riddell <lists at venturevoip.com> wrote:

> On 10/11/09 2:40 PM, Alex Balashov wrote:
>> Yaro Donchenko wrote:
>>
>>> Before you sing up with any one don't forget to ask them if you  
>>> will be
>>> able to port the numbers out if there is any problems.
>>
>> In theory, the underlying carriers (UCs) whose facilities those
>> providers use are required to allow the port-out, and so is the ITSP.
>>
>> Recent FCC rulings clarified that numbers cannot be held hostage to
>> billing disputes with the ITSP, and that the end-user is the logical
>> "owner" of that number even if purchasing from a reseller/ITSP and  
>> not
>> directly from a carrier.
>>
>> This is all in theory.  The point is that if you ask if you can port
>> out, you'll be told yes.  In practice, it may be a different story.
>
> So legally you could get 10 numbers, never pay a cent, then port to
> someone else and do the same?  Sounds rather dangerous.
>
> -- 
> Cheers,
>
> Matt Riddell
> Director
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