[asterisk-biz] Place to park a number ...

[Matt]

I'd say Vonage is going to be around as long as anyone else.

On 4/16/07, Alan Bunch <Alan.Bunch at udfc.com> wrote:
>
> I know I''m going wind up with a carrier.  I just hope I can find one
> that will be around for a while.
>
> alabun
>
> Matt wrote:
>
> > Well, when a carrier goes out of business their numbers are returned
> > to the pool.  You MIGHT be able to get them if you talk nicely to the
> > top dog (XO, Level3, etc), but probably not.    I don't know exactly
> > what you want for an answer..... if you don't want to park at a
> > carrier where else will you park?
> >
> >
> > On 4/16/07, *Alan Bunch* <Alan.Bunch at udfc.com
> > <mailto:Alan.Bunch at udfc.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I have a number that was ported to Vonage about 7 months
> >     ago.  Well the
> >     CFO of my company did anyway. With the present Vonage situation he
> >     would
> >     like to port that number away from Vonage.  Is there a place,
> >     other than
> >     a carrier, to park a number ?   He has had this number for may
> >     years and
> >     would like to hold on to it.
> >
> >     I know I could port it to any number of carriers but don't want to
> >     move
> >     it to someone I don't know will be in business tomorrow.  BTW, what
> >     happens to the numbers a carrier has when they vanish ?  I would
> >     imagine
> >     it's a pain recovering those number from a customer point of view.
> >
> <SNIP>
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