<div dir="ltr">I misspoke regarding the AOCN; that's a function of BIRRDS/LERG for the routing of LRN/codes/thousand blocks to tandems/switches, but is not used for individual numbers. Serves me right for handling email before coffee :)<div><br></div><div>You need someone with SOA access to NPAC, which should be any CLEC or LEC. You'll first need to make sure the business you're dealing with actually operates in the LATA of the number to be ported, otherwise they will be doing LNP through some larger upstream carrier; e.g. Brand X CLEC with connectivity in some LATA might use Level 3 or Bandwidth.com to service markets outside of their own tandem interconnects. In this case you're at the mercy of the smaller guy's turnaround plus the upstream carrier's LNP process.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Expect there to be some charge for LNP, since carriers do have to pay for their own use of NPAC at some point, plus the human labor involved in processing LSR, concurrence, provisioning, etc. You might get a cost break if porting many numbers at once, maybe 50 or more.</div><div><br></div><div>Even when carriers have arranged for concurrence in real time (e.g. porting between major wireless carrier), callers are still at the mercy of their own carrier and intermediate carriers updating the LRN information, which might not happen until that night or next business day.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.npac.com/resources/public-knowledgebase/faqs2/lnp-faqs">https://www.npac.com/resources/public-knowledgebase/faqs2/lnp-faqs</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.npac.com/lnpa-working-group/nanc-lnp-process-flows">https://www.npac.com/lnpa-working-group/nanc-lnp-process-flows</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Regards,<div><br></div><div><p style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong>Calvin Ellison</strong><br>Voice Services Engineer<br><a href="mailto:calvin.ellison@voxox.com" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(14,123,174)" target="_blank">calvin.ellison@voxox.com</a><br>+1 (213) 285-0555<br><br>-----------------------------------------------<br><strong><a href="http://www.voxox.com/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(14,123,174)" target="_blank">voxox.com</a> </strong><br>9276 Scranton Rd, Suite 200<br>San Diego, CA 92121<br></p><img src="http://cdn.voxox.com/img/voxox-logo.png" alt="Voxox" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Colton Conor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:colton.conor@gmail.com" target="_blank">colton.conor@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">How do you find out who has direct access, and who goes through an AOCN? Is there some official list out there? </div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Calvin Ellison <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:calvin.ellison@voxox.com" target="_blank">calvin.ellison@voxox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Porting requires concurrence from the losing carrier to complete, which ultimately happens as an LRN update in the NPAC. Companies with direct access to NPAC can do this the quickest, otherwise they contract with an AOCN to handle the NPAC or use a bigger carrier, which can add delays. </p>
<p dir="ltr">So long as you have the correct LSR information when submitting the port, concurrence should happen within a day. Ultimately the losing and gaining carriers both contribute to the turnaround time. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Check out our wholesale services. We can do porting for voice, toll free and SMS.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Jun 15, 2015 9:13 AM, "Colton Conor" <<a href="mailto:colton.conor@gmail.com" target="_blank">colton.conor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span><div dir="ltr">Is there some way to port numbers extremely fast away from major landline providers like Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, etc? I met someone long ago that said they were able to port a number from anywhere in like one business day. If I remember right they mentioned something about being a cellular CLEC or something similar. I know porting in the cellular world is a same day kind of thing, but why not on the landline side? <div><br></div><div>Is there some wholesaler out there that doesn't charge and arm and leg to port numbers? </div></div>
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