[VoiceOps] Abandoned Ported Numbers

Fri Oct 14 11:06:48 EDT 2022

I know the LNP coordinator in our company occasionally sends out "NPAC
Disconnects" spreadsheets of numbers that have been returned to us, so
presumably this is an NPAC process.

On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 8:03 AM Greg Stone via VoiceOps <
voiceops at voiceops.org> wrote:

> It's been a long time since I've used NPAC personally but there is a
> cancel button if I recall correctly and it pushes the number back to the
> original pooling carrier.
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> Greg Stone
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> From: Mike Hammett <voiceops at ics-il.net>
> Date: 10/14/22 7:49 AM (GMT-08:00)
> To: Greg Stone <Greg.Stone at race.com>
> Cc: Mike Johnston <mjohnston at wiktel.com>, voiceops at voiceops.org
> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Abandoned Ported Numbers
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> *From: *"Greg Stone via VoiceOps" <voiceops at voiceops.org>
> *To: *"Mike Johnston" <mjohnston at wiktel.com>, voiceops at voiceops.org
> *Sent: *Friday, October 14, 2022 9:47:28 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [VoiceOps] Abandoned Ported Numbers
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> Common practice is to age them out and then push them back to the original
> block holder.
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> Greg Stone
> Senior Voice Network Engineer
> Race Communications
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Mike Johnston via VoiceOps <voiceops at voiceops.org>
> Date: 10/14/22 7:37 AM (GMT-08:00)
> To: voiceops at voiceops.org
> Subject: [VoiceOps] Abandoned Ported Numbers
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> Say a subscriber ports a number to/from a different telco.  Then, after
> some time, the subscriber decides they no longer want the phone number
> (or phone service in general).  What should be done with this abandoned
> number?
>
> Should the number immediately be returned to the donor telco?
>
> Should the number be returned to the donor telco after aging?
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> Is it permissible for the recipient telco to add this number to their
> inventory and then re-assign the number to a different subscriber?
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