Re: Can't Port from a Particular Rate Center

[sronan () ronan-online com]

Coming from another one of their customers?

Shane Ronan

> On Jun 9, 2021, at 4:32 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
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> I first asked on a list much more narrow in scope, but failing to get sufficient data points, I've expanded my scope.
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> Assuming the number isn't held by someone exempt from porting, what would prevent someone from being able to port a 
> number from a particular rate center in a LATA they have coverage in?
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> We picked up a particular carrier for our out-of-area needs and the first thing we throw at them in a LATA we know 
> they have coverage in, they can't do. They have a non-useful reason why. It doesn't appear to have moved to a state 
> where they contacted the losing provider as the response was very fast, so my provider rejected the port, not theirs.
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> When I started at this company (where we do our own porting), I made sure to port a bunch of numbers from all over 
> our LATA to see what would happen. All successful. That seems to indicate that it doesn't matter which xLEC or tandem 
> currently serves that number, it can move elsewhere.
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> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
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