[Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away

[Ron Wellsted]

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John Novack wrote:
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> 
> trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:
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>> On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 14:06 -0500, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> On Friday 30 December 2005 13:23, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:
>>>   
>>>
>>>> CLECs and ILECs largely are required to let you port your number
>>>> (there are some potential issues that cna prevent that but
>>>> genereally that is a true statement).
>>>>     
>>>
>>> An interesting wrinkle I'm running against is that you cannot port
>>> numbers from a cellular carrier to a landline.  i.e. I can't port my
>>> cell # to a DID on my PRI.  I am not sure if this is just a line of
>>> bullshit fed to me from Bell Mobility (Canadian CDMA carrier) but
>>> I've not had the time to really dig in.  They claim that between cell
>>> carriers numbers are portable but not from cell to landline.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> You can but no one is required to so most dont.  Generally speaking no
>> one will want to touch that becuase of potential problems. 
>> Its not technically impossible but it is not likely to happen for
>> other reasons.  
>>
> In the US that isn't the case.
> LNP between wire and wireless is allowed and required.
> I have ported a RCF landline number to wireless ( it took 3 months
> because I put the order in on day 1 ) but it finally took.
> I also ported a wireless number to Vonage, which also took 3 months, but
> a year later. No excuse but it finally happened.
> If I am ever able to rescue that number from Vonage is unknown, but for
> now it works.
> I feel sure the rules and results are different in  every jurisdiction.
> Is LNP even allowed in the UK or the EU?
> 

Within the UK, Number Portability between providers of the same type of
service is a legal requirement.  Since we charge differently for calls
on landlines and mobiles, you cannot port mobile numbers to landlines or
 landlines to mobiles.

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Ron Wellsted
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