<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'>We could likely count on one hand the number of port outs we get in a month, so unfortunately, automation would probably be more work than just dealing with it.<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>"Peter Beckman" <beckman@angryox.com><br><b>To: </b>"Mike Hammett" <voiceops@ics-il.net><br><b>Cc: </b>"voiceops" <voiceops@voiceops.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, October 19, 2023 4:03:43 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [VoiceOps] Repeated Porting Attempts<br><br>Automate it! That way you don't have to care how many they submit.<br><br>But if not, yes, since you hold the number, and someone is paying you for<br>the number, you must deal with Port Out requests, even if they keep doing<br>annoying and inconceivable things.<br><br>Beckman<br><br>On Thu, 19 Oct 2023, Mike Hammett via VoiceOps wrote:<br><br>> My assumption is that I have to just put up with it.<br>><br>> I have a customer that, per Facebook chatter, is closing up shop. We got a port out request from a local competitor.<br>> I forget the reasoning, but we called the customer to verify and they confirmed.<br>> Then it was canceled. The other carrier said a port would come via Inteliquent.<br>> Then we get a port from Neustar with Inteliquent's OCN.<br>> Then it was canceled.<br>> Then we got another request.<br>> Then it was canceled.<br>> Then we got another request.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> This has all happened in the past week. I'm assuming I just have to bear with whomever is doing whatever on the remote side? Acknowledge each request, chewing up time?<br>><br>><br>><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>><br>><br>><br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Peter Beckman Internet Guy<br>beckman@angryox.com https://www.angryox.com/<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>_______________________________________________<br>VoiceOps mailing list<br>VoiceOps@voiceops.org<br>https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops<br></div><br></div></body></html>