I didn't realize the learning curve! First, I need service provider suggestions.
Taoman:
Quote from: SteveInWA on June 24, 2018, 01:49:34 pm
It would be unusual if Google Voice and Callcentric can't port it in, but Anveo can, since GV and Anveo both use bandwith.com, but CC also has some other carrier they can use. So, I dunno what's going on here.
Agreed. Doesn't make sense to me, either.
SteveInWA:
So, unless Anveo conclusively tells the OP that they can indeed port that number in, then it is a moot point which ITSP is chosen, aside from cost/value. They might as well get a new phone number from the ITSP.
ohonobie:
Well, you all are correct that Anveo also won't port my number, according to their portability tool.
Quote from: SteveInWA on June 24, 2018, 01:49:34 pm
It would be unusual if Google Voice and Callcentric can't port it in, but Anveo can, since GV and Anveo both use bandwith.com, but CC also has some other carrier they can use. So, I dunno what's going on here.
The CC portability tool said it wouldn't. Is that the final word?
Quote from: SteveInWA on June 24, 2018, 02:00:37 pm
So, unless Anveo conclusively tells the OP that they can indeed port that number in, then it is a moot point which ITSP is chosen, aside from cost/value. They might as well get a new phone number from the ITSP.
So you're saying NOBODY will port my number? There must be other carriers besides bandwidth.com and the other one at CC?
Quote from: Taoman on June 24, 2018, 01:40:58 pm
Because OP wants to port his number and supposedly Callcentric can't do that.
I'm female, and my Obihai is making me feel very blonde.
SteveInWA:
Don't feel "blonde", unless...well, you actually are. Telephony is very complex.
Not all telephone numbers are portable into all carriers. In the USA, phone numbers are issued to Federally-regulated telephone carriers in large blocks (usually 10,000, but sometimes 1000), by an industry organization known as the North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA). A number block is indicated by the first seven digits of the number, like this: 2138675xxx. In this example, it's Area Code 213, prefix 867, and block 5. More than one carrier often has blocks in the same prefix.
When you port a number, you are not actually changing the ownership of that number, which always belongs to the first/original carrier to which that block of numbers was assigned. Instead, the "losing" carrier lets the "gaining" carrier borrow and re-route inbound calls to the gaining carrier's phone switch.
This is all controlled by another neutral, third-party organization, the Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC). If the gaining carrier can host a number from a given block, then it works with NPAC to assign new routing for that number.
When the phone number is in a block that the gaining carrier can't re-route to their switch, it's not portable to that carrier. In your case, apparently no other carrier can host the number.
If you want to use an OBiTALK product, you can get a new phone number from the telephone service provider you wish to use.
ohonobie:
SteveInWA, this Obihai is far more complex than I anticipated. It is turning my hair gray, or blonde, not sure which.
I did manage to find your explanation above, earlier on another thread. But surely my number would be portable by SOME carrier--Well, I'm sure I found one or two that said they would, but they were too expensive. My inner cheapskate is too riled knowing that lower prices exist.
My home number has the original prefix in my small town, and the last four digits 1001, so it's a good number, and one I've had for upwards of 20 years.
I guess it's Nettalk or Magic Jack, then. What are the drawbacks to one of them? Other than loss of bragging rights. ;)
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