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

[Julio Arruda]

Since the last hurricane (that left me without phone for around 3 weeks 
or so), I did the call forwarding (remote call forwarding in fact).
Lucky I was running in the cable modem in a couple of days (power restored).
I was planning in having two DIDs in distinct providers (I've been using 
them for outbound in BYOD contracts), and keep the "POTS number" in the 
more stable one.
But I'm still concerned with the 911 issue.
Is the POTS telco (Bellsouth in South Florida in my case) mandated to 
provide 911 in a "ported line" ? I'm not that confident in using 911 via 
the ITSP.


Kerry Garrison wrote:
> -- Personal opinion alert --
>  
> Do not route everything to an ITSP. At minimum keep a main PSTN line with
> call forwarding or call forwarding on busy until you are 10000% confident
> that the service works, is reliable, stable, and will have some staying
> power.
>  
> Kerry Garrison
> Director of Technical Services
> Tech Data Pros - Orange County's Mobile IT Service Provider
> (949) 502-7819 x200 -  <mailto:kerryg at techdatapros.com>
> kerryg at techdatapros.com
>  <http://www.techdatapros.com/> http://www.techdatapros.com 
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> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ross C
> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 5:47 PM
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Semi-OT: porting numbers away
> 
> 
> 
> I'm looking to move one of my clients to an Asterisk system and a VoIP
> provider (Teliax, Voxee, ViaTalk, Voicepulse).  My concern is porting my
> client's numbers to a VoIP provider.  Let's say we get all their numbers
> ported to Teliax (or Voxee or viatalk, etc.), everything is peachy for a
> year, then Teliax gets sued for some reason or another, and goes bankrupt
> and closes its doors.  That, obviously, leaves my clients without phone
> service.but what happens to their numbers?  If the VoIP provider goes out of
> business, can I go to another VoIP provider or a ma bell and transfer the
> numbers to them even if Teliax (or whomever) is unreachable and off the map?
> 
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> 
> Thanks in advance for any info!
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> -Ross
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