[VoiceOps] efax port out

[Jay Hennigan]

On 4/26/11 10:10 AM, Carlos Alvarez wrote:

> In my case I had requested a port from one CLEC to another (Cox to Time
> Warner, PRI to PRI) with about 70 days notice.  Cox basically ignored
> it, and come move time, they had not acted upon it (normal with them,
> they suck when you try to leave).  Around midnight I had a TW NOC tech
> on the phone and he asked things like "do you own these numbers" and "do
> you authorize me to do this port without concurrence from your old
> carrier?"  Then he did it instantly.

This will almost certainly break calls coming from the old carrier at
least temporarily, which may or may not be a big deal.  And Cox may take
their sweet time routing to the ported numbers if ever.

Even when doing a normal port from the ILEC we very frequently run into
a situation where they don't pull the numbers from the local switch.
Everyone can call the target number except for anyone in the same town
who uses the old carrier.

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