IP: Cell carriers trying to kill number portability

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000004004jan16.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dbusiness

Millions of fed-up cell phone users think about dumping their carriers 
every year but then abandon the thought--largely because switching carriers 
also means changing their mobile phone numbers.

It's a frustrating obstacle that was supposed to have been eliminated 2 1/2 
years ago under a 1996 federal mandate requiring cell phone companies to 
allow customers to keep their phone numbers regardless of which carrier 
they used.

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