Quote from: JohnBowler on June 30, 2012, 10:15:18 PM
Number portability seems to be an illusion. I tried to port my original provider number in a variety of ways and was unable to do so.
I gave up.
Of course, I had paid $1.25/month for many years to be able to do this, but I can't
Do I smell "class action suit" against the phone company?
Wikipedia says: "The U.S. FCC since has mandated Wireless Local Number Portability starting November 24, 2003 (in metropolitan areas), and allowed operators to charge an additional monthly Long-Term Telephone Number Portability End-Use Charge as compensation. On November 10, 2003, the FCC additionally ruled that number portability applies to landline numbers moving to mobile telephones and, on October 31, 2007, the FCC made clear that the obligation to provide LNP extends to VoIP providers."
I have not look up the FCC ruling, but it appears the FCC said they HAVE to perform LNP and they get money to offset the loss of revenue and/or the cost to upgrade equipment to support it.
If you are paying a fee for service that you have not received, complain to the FCC and sue the phone company for return of the monies paid.
Of course you may find that this is not a fee, but a tax.