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

Alex Balashov abalashov at evaristesys.com
Mon Nov 9 21:10:27 CST 2009


Agreed;  there are numerous ITSPs and carriers today that are known, 
de facto, to have a "we don't port" policy stance, and there is little 
that can be done about it.

In theory, however, all numbers are _supposed_ to be portable by 
whoever the end customer is.

Yaro Donchenko wrote:

> It or not 212-202-XXXX from broad voice no way to port out even today.
> And if you got a number from j2fax and trying to port it out forget 
> about there is no way to do it.
> 
> FCC can't do nothing about it because it is clearly stated in a 
> agreement that number is rented.
> 
> Alex Balashov wrote:
>> Yaro Donchenko wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> So when you buy a DID from some type a small ITSP who is reselling it 
>>> from CLEC and does not maintain CSR records you could face a problems 
>>> when you try to leave... Another thing company broadvoice stated in they 
>>> TOS that users does not own the numbers and they just leasing them from 
>>> broadvoice, also I'v seen same problem with j2fax, you can't port the 
>>> numbers from them also. So before you buy from any one read TOS and make 
>>> sure that you not renting a numbers.
>>>     
>> If I am not mistaken, recent directives from the FCC within the last 
>> year are spoken precisely to agreements with language to this effect, 
>> and deem them void in most cases.
>>
>>   
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