[asterisk-users] OT ? Number portability, land line to Cell

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Joe acquisto wrote:
> Having had various issues with local vendor (begins with "V"). am looking to move to all wireless.  Anyone know if current vendor can refuse to port the current land line numbers to a wireless provider?
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> >From what I've read, the Fed's seem to say "no", they cannot refuse, or impede this.
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> joe a.
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It depends on whether or not your local vendor actually owns the number 
itself or acquires it from another vendor. If they own the number, I 
don't think they're legally allowed to refuse to port it. If they lease 
the number from another provider, they're not actually obligated to 
assist you in porting, although they might, if you ask nicely, tell you 
with whom you need to deal to port the number.