<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>Well, *IF* VZW had never had a porting relationship with that SPID, they would have to communicate some how to establish that relationship.<br><br><div><span name="x"></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>http://www.ics-il.com<br><br><br><br>Midwest Internet Exchange<br>http://www.midwest-ix.com<br><br><span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Oren Yehezkely" <orenyny@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"Carlos Alvarez" <caalvarez@gmail.com>, "voiceops@voiceops.org" <VoiceOps@voiceops.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, November 10, 2021 2:58:32 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [VoiceOps] Verizon says they have "no relationship" to port from thinQ/Commio<br><br><div dir="ltr">IMHO there is no need to call anybody.<div>The guy in VZW just does not know the work.</div><div>If I undertook you correctly.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 3:17 PM Carlos Alvarez <<a href="mailto:caalvarez@gmail.com" target="_blank">caalvarez@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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. <div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 12:45 PM Mike Hammett <<a href="mailto:voiceops@ics-il.net" target="_blank">voiceops@ics-il.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Is ThinQ their own LEC or are they just a fancy API on top of Level 3, Bandwidth, Peerless, etc.?<br><br><div><span></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br><a href="http://www.ics-il.com" target="_blank">http://www.ics-il.com</a><br><br><br><br>Midwest Internet Exchange<br><a href="http://www.midwest-ix.com" target="_blank">http://www.midwest-ix.com</a><br><br><span></span><br></div><br><hr id="gmail-m_-6177197886778005645gmail-m_1810601475036107378zwchr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>From: </b>"Carlos Alvarez" <<a href="mailto:caalvarez@gmail.com" target="_blank">caalvarez@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To: </b>"VoiceOps" <<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org" target="_blank">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:12:21 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[VoiceOps] Verizon says they have "no relationship" to port from thinQ/Commio<br><br><div dir="ltr">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?<div><br></div><div>I know Verizon is a small carrier, and may not be wise to the ways of telecom.</div><div><br></div></div>
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