[Hidden-tech] Cable/telephone question

[Levi Ramsey]

As far as wireline (whether copper or cable) is concerned, Shutesbury is
part of Amherst (it shares a CO with Amherst), so you can definitely move
between Shutesbury and Amherst and keep the number.

The FCC's number portability guide (
http://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/numbport.pdf ) says "If
you are moving from one geographic area to another, however, you may not be
able to take your
number with you."

It does not elaborate on what constitutes a different geographic area, but
it could plausibly be that for wireline connections number portability
depends on the CO.


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Shel Horowitz <shel at principledprofit.com>wrote:

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> I have friends who kept their Shutesbury numbers when moving to Amherst,
> etc. I think Sam has the best idea. Call back and get someone else--and if
> that doesn't work, ask to speak with their supervisor. It's one town over,
> for goodness sake.
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> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:28 AM, Gyepi SAM <gyepi-hidden-tec at praxis-sw.com
> > wrote:
>
>>    ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's
>> area.
>>    ** If you did, we all thank you.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 04:59:00PM -0500, Harry Flood wrote:
>> > We are in the process of moving our office from Belchertown to Amherst.
>> We
>> > have had our Belchertown phone (323-xxxx) for a number of years through
>> > Charter. We will have the new service with Comcast.
>> >
>> > Comcast is telling us they cannot retain our present phone number. Is
>> this
>> > true? They did say we could retain some level of service with Charter
>> and
>> > forward calls, which seems like a kluge-y option at best. I thought
>> there
>> > was easy portability of phone numbers.
>>
>> Could be a policy restriction (business class vs residential) and not a
>> technical one.
>> It may be worth querying Comcast about this. FWIW, I've dealt with Comcast
>> over the years and have discovered that asking the same question of
>> different
>> representatives will frequently yield different answers.
>>
>> Over the past 13+ years, I've kept the same numbers and gone through 3 or
>> 4
>> providers. Comcast was one of them and they ported my number from Verizon.
>>
>> -Gyepi
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