From: ahk@chinet.com

XPost: nyc.transit

Phil Kane  wrote:
>On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:06:58 -0600, Stephen Sprunk  wrote:

>>That's possible now?  I thought numbers were only portable within
>>a service type--and within a given rate center.

>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.

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