<div dir="ltr">At Comcast, when you file an FCC complaint, it goes to these people (as of a couple years ago, might be different people now):<div><div><br></div></div>William Landis | Engineer 3, Business Escalations<br>1415 West Diehl Road, Naperville, IL 60563<br>Office: (331) 814-3041<br><a href="mailto:william_landis@comcast.com">william_landis@comcast.com</a><div><br></div><div>his boss:<br>Jeff Cox | Manager, Business Escalations<br>Operations<br>1415 West Diehl Road, Naperville, IL 60563<br>Office: (331) 401-5525<br><a href="mailto:jeffery_cox@comcast.com">jeffery_cox@comcast.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>They've been helpful to me in the past even without an FCC complaint, and one time even without being a customer (I kept getting business advertisements at my house). You could probably save some time by reaching out to them directly.</div><div><br></div><div>As a sidenote, I've usually been able to request a CDR via the winning carrier and then build the ports based on the info the losing carrier provided. But it sounds like you're past those kinds of efforts at this point.</div><div><br></div><div>Best of luck,</div><div>Ross</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 5:58 PM Shawn L <<a href="mailto:shawn@rmrf.us">shawn@rmrf.us</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">I just wanted to add (after I saw Aaron's comment which got stuck in my spam) -- when you contact the state Public Service Commission, the carrier jumps. When I did it last, senior Spectrum management reached out to me within a day or two and fixed the current issue, gave me porting escalation contacts (which I already had and had contacted) and wanted to do whatever it took to fix the issue. Unfortunately, it didn't last. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 5:41 PM Shawn L <<a href="mailto:shawn@rmrf.us" target="_blank">shawn@rmrf.us</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">Pretty much every time we port from Spectrum (ie ~ 90%) I have to open a ticket with them the next day to actually get the numbers removed from their switch. They always port the number to our LRN, but then no Spectrum customers can call it once that's done. Even after Spectrum removes their CPE equipment, they don't remove the numbers or routing and their customers can't complete a call to the ported numbers. Normally, I'd say it's their problem, but when the company who just ported calls and says "I can't call my office from my house, you need to fix it", I open a ticket and 4-24 hours later they reply with a resolution. <div><br></div><div>Contacting the state PSC helped for a month or 2, then they went back to their 'normal ways' and blame it on staffing shortages.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 4:49 PM <<a href="mailto:adam@plexicomm.net" target="_blank">adam@plexicomm.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 lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Comcast sounds scary. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’ve worked with Verizon, Time Warner, Frontier, and Spectrum. I think the longest I spent on a port was 8 months. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> VoiceOps <<a href="mailto:voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org" target="_blank">voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Timmins<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 16, 2022 4:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org" target="_blank">voiceops@voiceops.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [VoiceOps] Comcast rejecting port requests for 4 months<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Absolutely. The team that does it is startek in the Philippines anyway last I knew. They work on a different schedule than the continental US, and aren't empowered to solve most problems.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">If you think being persistent matters, it doesn't. They won't even let you get to a human to complain. The PUC and FCC is the only thing they care about because they don't want to get fined.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">To be fair, when their process works, it works. When it breaks down, there's no real way to work it out of process. They're simply too big, and their roles too bifurcated to actually let someone work something they aren't typically able to address.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">-Paul<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 6/16/22 16:33, Aaron de Bruyn wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Comcast flat-out won't let customers talk to the team that accepts or rejects ports.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">-A<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu Jun 16, 2022, 08:20 PM GMT, <a href="mailto:adam@plexicomm.net" target="_blank">adam@plexicomm.net</a> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 4pt;margin-left:4pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I try to get all stake holders on a conference call. New carrier, old carrier, you, and the customer. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">-Adam<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> VoiceOps <a href="mailto:voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org" target="_blank"><voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Aaron de Bruyn<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 16, 2022 4:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org" target="_blank">voiceops@voiceops.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [VoiceOps] Comcast rejecting port requests for 4 months<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hey everyone,<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">We have a large SIP trunk with Comcast with around 275 numbers attached.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">We've been trying to port about 200 of those numbers to another provider for the past 4 months to do some geeky things that Comcast doesn't support.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Due to reasons only known to Comcast, there are 5 different account numbers vaguely associated with those phone numbers and I keep getting wildly different answers from Comcast staff.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">One is for the EDI circuit.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">One is for the AdTran.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">One is for the SIP Trunk<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">One is for "master billing"<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">One is a "hierarchy account"<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">The winning carrier has submitted the requests with every possible combination of account number and 'CPNI code' (Comcast's account PIN) we have along with all our addressing information, copies of bills, etc...and Comcast keeps rejecting it with zero useful information. i.e. bad address, bad PIN, bad account number, etc...<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Every time I even mention "porting out" to a Comcast rep, they say "FCC regulation prevents us from talking about it".<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The winning carrier has had so much trouble, they finally sent me the "port order number" and said "call Comcast and talk to them about it. Good luck."<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Of course calling the Comcast porting number gives you a short recorded message about "due to COVID, use some portal <i>click</i>".<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">I'm technically a contractor for the end-user and not a phone service provider, so I don't have access to whatever portal they are talking about.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">It's been absolute <i>hell</i>. Any thoughts on how I can get Comcast to get their crap together? 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