[VoiceOps] Releasing numbers back to original carrier

[Mary Lou Carey]

Its not really made crystal clear, but there are 5 categories for Number 
Utilization:

Assigned (in use for a paying customer)
Intermediate: (leased to another carrier)
Aging (disconnected, but holding number until the grace period is up)
Reserved (holding for an upcoming customer)
Admin (in use for internal network purposes)

So if you want to hold those TNs for the same customer, you can mark 
them as reserved.


MARY LOU CAREY
BackUP Telecom Consulting
Office: 615-791-9969
Cell: 615-796-1111

On 2023-05-15 12:29 PM, Matthew Crocker via VoiceOps wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>   It is our practice to release numbers back to the original carrier
> when a customer cancels service and doesn’t port the number away.
> We have some residential customers that want to cancel service over
> the winter and have us retain the number so they can re-use it in the
> spring.   I’m trying to find some FCC or NANPA documentation that
> says we are/aren’t allowed to do that for a customer.   Ultimately
> we will probably convert the customer from their FTTH/ONT voice to a
> soft phone voice during the off-season, that way they are still a
> customer and still paying for service.   I don’t want to just camp
> on numbers and have to maintain the inventory.
> 
> Anyone have any documentation on the correct way to handle
> disconnected numbers?
> 
> -Matt
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