Time Warner says they can't port #
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Posted by on October 2, 2006, 9:48 am
Please log in for more thread options My father-in-law recently attempt to switch from SBC POTS to VOIP with his cable provider (Time Warner). When he called them, they said he'd have to have a new number, because the local community didn't allow number porting... He's reluctant because he's had this phone number for ~40 years. Anyone else heard of this? Is it possible he could port with another third party VOIP providor (ie Vonage)? | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Rick Merrill on October 2, 2006, 11:15 am
Please log in for more thread options sblanky@gmail.com wrote: Pretty common. If he waits 6 mos it may change. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by hdtv? on October 3, 2006, 10:09 am
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> My father-in-law recently attempt to switch from SBC POTS to VOIP with
> his cable provider (Time Warner). When he called them, they said he'd > have to have a new number, because the local community didn't allow > number porting... > > He's reluctant because he's had this phone number for ~40 years. > > Anyone else heard of this? > > Is it possible he could port with another third party VOIP providor (ie > Vonage)? I ported my Sprint # to Packet8 without a problem. After a year with Packet 8 I changed to SunRocket. 6 months later my # has not been ported. None of the providers appear to offer any guarantees on transferring an existing phone #. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Rick Merrill on October 3, 2006, 2:36 pm
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hdtv? wrote: >
>>My father-in-law recently attempt to switch from SBC POTS to VOIP with
>>his cable provider (Time Warner). When he called them, they said he'd >>have to have a new number, because the local community didn't allow >>number porting... >> >>He's reluctant because he's had this phone number for ~40 years. >> >>Anyone else heard of this? >> >>Is it possible he could port with another third party VOIP providor (ie >>Vonage)? >
> > I ported my Sprint # to Packet8 without a problem. After a year with Packet > 8 I changed to SunRocket. > 6 months later my # has not been ported. > None of the providers appear to offer any guarantees on transferring an > existing phone #. > > They only guarantee p;orting CERTAIN numbers - i.e. where they have reached an agreement on the procedure with the "owner" of the numbers - i.e. the company who runs the CO where the numbers live. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on October 4, 2006, 8:55 pm
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ViaTalk claims to port within 20 business days, and in my case they did it in 10, from Sprint/Embarq. I had my phone number for a much shorter time, but giving it up would have been a major hassle, so I can empathize with your father-in-law. Open a ticket with their tech support to be sure. Thanks, Thomas See review at: http://www.betterphone.org sblanky@gmail.com wrote: > My father-in-law recently attempt to switch from SBC POTS to VOIP with
> his cable provider (Time Warner). When he called them, they said he'd > have to have a new number, because the local community didn't allow > number porting... > > He's reluctant because he's had this phone number for ~40 years. > > Anyone else heard of this? > > Is it possible he could port with another third party VOIP providor (ie > Vonage)? | |||||||||||||||||||
> his cable provider (Time Warner). When he called them, they said he'd
> have to have a new number, because the local community didn't allow
> number porting...
>
> He's reluctant because he's had this phone number for ~40 years.
>
> Anyone else heard of this?
>
> Is it possible he could port with another third party VOIP providor (ie
> Vonage)?
>