Reply With QuoteIf that is the case that they won't transfer across state lines, I'd be curious to know what the regulatory requirements are.
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Phone Expert
Has anyone had trouble porting a number from one state on one provider (in my case a new york number from verizon) to straight talk (I now live in Missouri). It's been almost a day now and the port still hasn't gone through (they sent me an e-mail 1 hour after I attempted to port online and they said they couldn't between states, I called customer support and gave them the new york zip code and they said that the port should go through), but it's been almost a day now! Anybody else have this same problem? How'd you get it to work? Who'd you call/talk to? Thanks in advance!
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If that is the case that they won't transfer across state lines, I'd be curious to know what the regulatory requirements are.
Post Machine
It is called Local Number Portability (LNP). You can only transfer a number within the same local area if the gaining carrier has service in that area. No carrier, wireless or wired, can make a number local outside of its calling area. "Porting" always occurs in the local market. The carrier might allow you to possess, for example, a New York number when you live in California but it will still be local to the New York market. There may be multiple local markets with the same area code but the LNP rules apply there also.
Earl F. Parrish
Phone Expert
I believe they successfully ported it, just needed to provide the local ny zip code. You are correct about LNP, however, there is a caveat if the provider you're porting to has service in both of the zip codes, they can port it for you regardless.
Post Machine
You misunderstand "porting." It does not matter where you live. What matters is where the number is located. The carrier simply allowed you to have a nonlocal number. It will still be a long distance call for people with landlines where you live.
Phone Expert
Of course, I'm well aware of that
Post Machine
Then why call it out of state "Porting?" You "ported" at the location where your number is based. Where you live does not enter the "porting" equation. It may make a difference whether the carrier will offer you service at all, but that issue is separate from "porting."
Last edited by efparri; 02-17-2012 at 01:13 PM.
Phone Expert
ST seemed to think it was a problem, they called it "inter-state porting", anywho, all's well
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Well my wife's new SIM will be here next week and her number is a Kentucky number and we're in Ohio new. Her current service has always been on our current zip code, but it sounds like they'll go by where the number originated. I guess to start off with, we'll use her old Kentucky zip code for activate it.
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