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> I thought there were phone number portability laws. For wireless carriers, yes. I'm not familiar with any for landlines. Edit: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers
by astura 4y ago
> I thought there were phone number portability laws.
For wireless carriers, yes. I'm not familiar with any for landlines.
Edit: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/porting-keeping-your-phone-number-when-you-change-providers https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/porting-keeping-your-ph...
Looks like small providers don't have to do any porting, plus as a sibling comment pointed out, you can't port a number after you cancel service.
- ghaff 4y agoAt least historically, the area code and exchange was determined by your physical location. So if you moved to a different exchange you couldn’t keep your number. In fact I had a case where I switched from Verizon without moving. But Comcast’s switching gear was in a different exchange so they had to change my number. This was a while back. There may be more flexibility today.
- astura 4y agoYeah, I figured this out as a kid. I could tell which neighborhood people lived or a business was located solely based on phone number.