[cisco-voip] Porting numbers between carriers

[Ed Leatherman]

Thanks Ryan, that makes sense. Carrier A is the normal LEC for the area.

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Ryan Huff <ryanhuff at outlook.com> wrote:

> Here is a thought Ed ....
>
>
> I used to work for a CLEC and this was the bane of my existence ....
> getting carriers to admit fault CAN be like shaving a yak while wearing a
> meat suit in lion's den ...
>
>
> If Carrier A is the LEC for the area that the POTS lines are in, they may
> (likely) still have local routes on their local switches. The net effect is
> that when caller local to the area hits these switches, the call is routed
> by Carrier A using the old (now stale) route, rather than going out to the
> PSTN.
>
>
> In other words, Carrier A may still be treating those POTS numbers as an
> ONNET call, for the subscribers it services. If this is the case, I have
> dealt with this in two ways;
>
>
>
>    - Escalate to engineering and explain the issue, in detail
>    - Have a subscriber of Carrier A call the carrier and say, "when I
>    dial XYZ number, it takes me to the wrong person". This usually gets the
>    carrier to trace the call and then they find the route and remove it.
>
>
> = Ryan =
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> *From:* cisco-voip <cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net> on behalf of Ed
> Leatherman <ealeatherman at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 24, 2016 8:03 AM
> *To:* Cisco VOIP
> *Subject:* [cisco-voip] Porting numbers between carriers
>
> Good morning,
>
> Is anyone familiar with the process of porting telephone numbers between
> carriers?
>
> I've recently ported 40 numbers from "Carrier A" to "Carrier B". Carrier B
> now has the numbers in their system and most callers to those numbers are
> getting to us via our SIP trunk with Carrier B.
>
> However, callers on local POTS lines with Carrier A are still reaching us
> via our existing PRI with Carrier A.
>
> Carrier B says the porting is complete; Carrier A says B has not completed
> the process and that is why the numbers are still active with them.
>
> Aside from me riding Carrier B every day to figure it out, what magic is
> involved behind the scenes here? I miss BGP.
>
> --
> Ed Leatherman
>



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