[VoiceOps] what is a fair port out fee?

[Richard Breton]

id like to know that too. I think for carriers it is for mobile consumers
its not

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Aryn Nakaoka 808.356.2901 <
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> Is a port out charge legal?
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> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 6:26 AM, Ivan Kovacevic <
> ivan.kovacevic at startelecom.ca> wrote:
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>> Two answers:
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>> -          Should be $0
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>> -          But really, comes to the total cost of using the carrier. The
>> race to the bottom has forced carriers to put a nominal price on everything
>> that gets touched. Ultimately it’s the total cost of their services (MRCs,
>> NRCs, usage, etc) that make or break your business case (unless you really
>> want to go with the carrier and then the business case does not matter).
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>> And a suggestion: I would ask them to put a per-request maximum, since
>> these types of things mostly get handled on per request basis. We have done
>> this for port-ins… You pay X, unless we do a whole batch with same customer
>> info, then it’s up to $y per request. So if you ever leave them, it won’t
>> break the bank… and one-offs probably won’t break the bank either.
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>> My 2c.
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>> Best Regards,
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>> Ivan Kovacevic
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>> *From:* VoiceOps [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] *On Behalf Of *Richard
>> Breton
>> *Sent:* August 24, 2016 12:15 PM
>> *To:* voiceops at voiceops.org
>> *Subject:* [VoiceOps] what is a fair port out fee?
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>> Im trying to negotiate a new orig carrier onboard and they have a 10
>> dollar port out fee.
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>> This would be a pretty staggering figure if I had to port out my TN's due
>> to quality or similar issues.
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>> I'm not naming names, thats not cool but at the same time before I sign
>> anything it looks like I'm seeing a lot of 1 - 3 dollar port out fees on
>> websites
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>> I really want to get this number pushed down but don't want to be
>> unreasonable, I just can't sign something where a port out fee is that high.
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>> Whats the norm out there?
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