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)?