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

[Matt Riddell]

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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