From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
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   >>As I found out "the hard way" recently, my landline telephone number   
   >>was not portable into a different rate center, even if the location is   
   >>across the street.   
   >   
   >That's a regulatory aspect of LNP, not a technological barrier. Electronic   
   >switches are extremely flexible. I guess it's prevented on the off chance   
   >that someone will re-install an electro-mechanical switch.   
      
   More likely it's that the tariff says that a number in the wrong rate   
   center is an FX line with a different, higher, price.   
      
      
      
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