Vonage doesn't officially support porting numbers out. It's against
> the AUP too, actually.
This is a concept I don't understand. How can their (and Voicepulse's) AUP to prevent their customers from porting numbers out? I believe the FCC mandate is to require number portability. If they can escape this responsibility by simply adding a clause to their policy, then what is the point?
However, they can't really stop you either. Their system simply
> cancels your service but someone has to go through to make sure they
> don't reassign it.
That sort of makes sense. It suggests an administrative/managerial weakness in their process.
However, Voicepulse did stop me from porting a number.
Watch carefully over the next couple weeks, your number might
> magically get ported back to Vonage as a result of this.
It wouldn't surprise me. But as I stated, I called Vonage about it. They've assured me they will do nothing to hijack my number. And I called Carolina Net (my current provider). They are asking their porting folks to be sure my number isn't ported again.
Would it be possible for a VOIP company to port away someone's number without a copy of their bill and a signed authorization? If so, that stinks.
Fred