[Asterisk-Users] Toll-free DID switchover: Get status?

[Linn Boyd]

tmassey at obscorp.com wrote:

Let me guess, NuFone. Check this out, they charged me for the number 
port, and it never did work, stole my money and would never refund it. I 
am not the only one that has had problems with NuFone, it seems that a 
large number of people have.

http://voip-info.org/wiki-Nufone#comments

-Linn

>Hello!
>
>I am in the middle of having a vanity toll-free DID set up.  It's been 13 
>days now (9 business days).  This is the first time I'm doing this, and 
>I'm not sure of the process.  There has been a very weird progression of 
>changes on my number, from fast-busy, to a message saying that I'm calling 
>from a phone with restrictions (no matter *what* line I call from), to a 
>number advertising a $4/min "national directory assistance", and now back 
>to the restrictions error message.
>
>Is there a way to track the status of a toll-free DID switchover?  I've 
>checked the AT&T database and they no longer show my number as being 
>available (and I hope that's because I'm getting it!  :)  ), but that's 
>all I've been able to find out.  The company performing the switchover has 
>been less than proactive in giving me information on this, even after 
>several requests.  I understand that much (if not all) of the switchover 
>is out of their hands;  however, I would really like to know why my DID 
>seems to be taking such a strange (and seemingly slow) roller-coaster 
>road, and more important, when I'll be able to get off!
>
>Thank you for any information you would be able to provide!  It seems that 
>toll-free is its own little world, and they don't want others to be 
>involved.  I would appreciate any help you would be able to provide.
>
>Tim Massey
>
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