CELLCOS OPPOSE EARLY NUMBER PORTABILITY: Replying to a CRTC request
> for ways to speed up wireless number portability, the Canadian
> Wireless Telecommunications Association says that preparing alternate
> scenarios would be costly and time-consuming, and that the original
> plan to implement WNP nationally by September 2007 is "both aggressive
> and reasonable." (See Telecom Update #497)
> ** The major cellcos agree, saying that an earlier target
> date would create many technical problems and would be
> unfair to consumers.
To which I say "Ha!" The Cellcos are go> ROGERS SIGNS 18,000 PHONE SUBSCRIBERS: Rogers Communications says its
cable-based local phone service, launched on July 1, now has more than
> 18,000 subscribers. (See Telecom Update #488)
And this is one of the reasons Rogers *killed* the CityFido programme since it would canibalize their VoIP business.