[VoiceOps] Verizon says they have "no relationship" to port from thinQ/Commio

[Oren Yehezkely]

IMHO there is no need to call anybody.
The guy in VZW just does not know the work.
If I undertook you correctly.

On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 3:17 PM Carlos Alvarez <caalvarez at gmail.com> wrote:

> Commio/thinQ is a fancy API over Intelliquent et al, but seems to maybe
> have their own SPID?  I've never worked in "real" telecom so I don't know
> those deep details of the porting process.  VZW's message said they were
> trying to contact Commio and couldn't get anyone to answer a phone.  Not
> shocked, per my previous message about thinQ's ethics, I feel they are
> questionable.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 12:45 PM Mike Hammett <voiceops at ics-il.net> wrote:
>
>> We actually are a small provider and when I went to find out how to do
>> this, I was told to sign into the NPAC helpdesk, bulletin boards, contacts,
>> then search by region, SPID, etc. Then ask how to establish said
>> relationship. I've heard it referred to various ways, trading partner,
>> carrier partner, porting partner, etc.
>>
>> Obviously, Verizon should know that, but maybe all they need is to be
>> shown that you're not a slouch, and that you're not giving up.
>>
>> Is ThinQ their own LEC or are they just a fancy API on top of Level 3,
>> Bandwidth, Peerless, etc.?
>>
>>
>>
>> -----
>> Mike Hammett
>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>> http://www.ics-il.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Midwest Internet Exchange
>> http://www.midwest-ix.com
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Carlos Alvarez" <caalvarez at gmail.com>
>> *To: *"VoiceOps" <voiceops at voiceops.org>
>> *Sent: *Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:12:21 PM
>> *Subject: *[VoiceOps] Verizon says they have "no relationship" to port
>> from thinQ/Commio
>>
>> A customer is porting a number to VZW, and they can't figure it out.
>> They called me to ask if I had "more info" to help them port out from
>> Commio.  My return call went to VM, so I don't have more info, but thought
>> I'd ask here on the list.  Any ideas on how this can be, or what to
>> recommend?
>>
>> I know Verizon is a small carrier, and may not be wise to the ways of
>> telecom.
>>
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