From: johnl@iecc.com

XPost: nyc.transit

>>As I found out "the hard way" recently, my landline telephone number
>>was not portable into a different rate center, even if the location is
>>across the street.
>
>That's a regulatory aspect of LNP, not a technological barrier. Electronic
>switches are extremely flexible. I guess it's prevented on the off chance
>that someone will re-install an electro-mechanical switch.

More likely it's that the tariff says that a number in the wrong rate
center is an FX line with a different, higher, price.



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