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Time Warner says they can't port # sblanky 10-02-2006
Posted by on October 2, 2006, 9:48 am
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My father-in-law recently attempt to switch from SBC POTS to VOIP with
his cable provider (Time Warner). When he called them, they said he'd
have to have a new number, because the local community didn't allow
number porting...

He's reluctant because he's had this phone number for ~40 years.

Anyone else heard of this?

Is it possible he could port with another third party VOIP providor (ie
Vonage)?


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Posted by Rick Merrill on October 2, 2006, 11:15 am
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sblanky@gmail.com wrote:
> My father-in-law recently attempt to switch from SBC POTS to VOIP with
> his cable provider (Time Warner). When he called them, they said he'd
> have to have a new number, because the local community didn't allow
> number porting...
>
> He's reluctant because he's had this phone number for ~40 years.
>
> Anyone else heard of this?
>
> Is it possible he could port with another third party VOIP providor (ie
> Vonage)?
>

Pretty common. If he waits 6 mos it may change.


Posted by hdtv? on October 3, 2006, 10:09 am
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> My father-in-law recently attempt to switch from SBC POTS to VOIP with
> his cable provider (Time Warner). When he called them, they said he'd
> have to have a new number, because the local community didn't allow
> number porting...
>
> He's reluctant because he's had this phone number for ~40 years.
>
> Anyone else heard of this?
>
> Is it possible he could port with another third party VOIP providor (ie
> Vonage)?

I ported my Sprint # to Packet8 without a problem. After a year with Packet
8 I changed to SunRocket.
6 months later my # has not been ported.
None of the providers appear to offer any guarantees on transferring an
existing phone #.



Posted by Rick Merrill on October 3, 2006, 2:36 pm
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hdtv? wrote:
>
>>My father-in-law recently attempt to switch from SBC POTS to VOIP with
>>his cable provider (Time Warner). When he called them, they said he'd
>>have to have a new number, because the local community didn't allow
>>number porting...
>>
>>He's reluctant because he's had this phone number for ~40 years.
>>
>>Anyone else heard of this?
>>
>>Is it possible he could port with another third party VOIP providor (ie
>>Vonage)?
>
>
> I ported my Sprint # to Packet8 without a problem. After a year with Packet
> 8 I changed to SunRocket.
> 6 months later my # has not been ported.
> None of the providers appear to offer any guarantees on transferring an
> existing phone #.
>
>

They only guarantee p;orting CERTAIN numbers - i.e. where they
have reached an agreement on the procedure with the "owner" of the
numbers - i.e. the company who runs the CO where the numbers live.

Posted by on October 4, 2006, 8:55 pm
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ViaTalk claims to port within 20 business days, and in my case they did
it in 10, from Sprint/Embarq. I had my phone number for a much shorter
time, but giving it up would have been a major hassle, so I can
empathize with your father-in-law. Open a ticket with their tech
support to be sure.

Thanks,

Thomas
See review at: http://www.betterphone.org

sblanky@gmail.com wrote:
> My father-in-law recently attempt to switch from SBC POTS to VOIP with
> his cable provider (Time Warner). When he called them, they said he'd
> have to have a new number, because the local community didn't allow
> number porting...
>
> He's reluctant because he's had this phone number for ~40 years.
>
> Anyone else heard of this?
>
> Is it possible he could port with another third party VOIP providor (ie
> Vonage)?


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