Phone Numbers Go Portable

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113365,tk,dn111103X,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113365,tk,dn111103X,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div>"Telecommunications customers in the U.S. will be able to take their phone numbers with them when they swap their wireline phones for wireless, if an order issued Monday by the Federal Communications Commission has its intended effect. The FCC order is intended to provide guidance to wireline and mobile carriers on "intermodal" porting of phone numbers. In most cases, wireline carriers operating in the 100 largest metropolitan areas have to support intermodal number porting by November 24, the FCC said in a statement Monday."

[peterawest]

"Telecommunications customers in the U.S. will be able to take their phone numbers with them when they swap their wireline phones for wireless."
This would be great. I have several friends who are considering a move like this. And I've been giving it some thought too, since I don't need a dial-up connection for Internet access. That was about the only thing still holding me back from dropping my wired phone.

[kiwi]

I wish it was the same in Canada..

we're nearly American arn't we ? :wink:

[TopDog]

We've had this for several years here in Norway.

And the GSM-coverage is so good, that I haven't had a wired phone for three years now, and I've never missed it!

I've even replaced the plug in the wall, so only xDSL can use it ;-)