[Asterisk-Users] Local Number Ports

Damon Estep damon at suburbanbroadband.net
Thu Apr 7 20:29:48 MST 2005


Under what type of relationship? Are you a CLEC, ITSP, or Retail
Customer? Is the local carrier you mention the incumbent or a CLEC?

Thanks
> 
> 
> One of our local carriers charges 17 cents per ported DID MRC, no
port/non
> recurring charges.
> 
> I've seen in the neighborhood of $15 per 10 ported numbers as an "LSR"
> charge from other carriers NRC.. and as low as 5 cents MRC per Month.
> 
> I've also seen cases with no MRC per DID per month, but an NRC per
number.
> 
> -m
> 
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Damon Estep wrote:
> 
> > Anyone out there (in the US) using a CLEC to do third party local
number
> > ports? Let me be more specific;
> >
> > Our inbound calls come in via inbound only PRIs from a local CLEC,
our
> > outbound calls go via SIP termination to a  wholesale VoIP carriers
> > softswitch.
> >
> > On the inbound numbers we use the carrier of record is the CLEC that
we
> > buy the PRI from, not us.
> >
> > When we bring a number on to our system via local number portability
the
> > number is actually ported to the CLEC that provides us the wholesale
> > PRI.
> >
> > This is know as a third party LNP.
> >
> > Anyone doing it now?
> >
> > The real questions is what are you paying per number port? We have
no
> > reference for what this should cost and therefore do not know if the
> > proposed rate is competitive and fair.
> >
> > Any input appreciated.
> >



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