[VoiceOps] what is a fair port out fee?

[Richard Breton]

I know a lot of (consumers) were getting out of paying magikjack port out
fees because they are not legal at that level. I think for us its pretty
deregulated

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Richard Breton <rbreton at ucforge.com> wrote:

> 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 <
> anakaoka at trinet-hi.com> wrote:
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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:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -          Should be $0
>>>
>>> -          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).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My 2c.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Im trying to negotiate a new orig carrier onboard and they have a 10
>>> dollar port out fee.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This would be a pretty staggering figure if I had to port out my TN's
>>> due to quality or similar issues.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Whats the norm out there?
>>>
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