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Laserfink

Post subject: Porting BT Numbers ?

Posted: 2008-05-28 15:07:57

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Hi
I am closing my office to move it HOME , currently i am a BT one plan
Buisness customer with following
1 - voice line - with feature plan contract up in mid 09
( been told it will cost me around Ł50 to break this contract)
2- fax line - contract expired
3- broadband - contract expired

Having spoken to BT they want 7 -10 days to transfer and Ł160
and CANNOT take my numbers with me as its on a
different exhange .

Having spoken via live chat a few weeks ago to Virgin reseidential
they told me i could PORT my numbers providing they were out
of contract.
Having called me today they tell me they cant PORT the numbers
if like BT the are moving to a different exchange , she was insistent
this was the case .

Anyone any suggestions as to how i might be able to resolve this ?
and be able to take my numbers with me ?

PAUL

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Post subject: Porting BT Numbers ?

Posted: 2008-05-28 16:54:29

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Laserfink wrote:

>
> Anyone any suggestions as to how i might be able to resolve this ?
> and be able to take my numbers with me ?
>
> PAUL
>
>
>

Porting to a voip provider maybe an option for you. As far as I know it
then wouldnt matter where you moved to as the numbers would be on voip
and go with you. However, if you moved out of the BT exchange area you
wouldnt be able to take the numbers back to BT if you wanted to.

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Gordon Henderson

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Posted: 2008-05-28 16:56:05

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In article ,
Laserfink wrote:

>Hi
>I am closing my office to move it HOME , currently i am a BT one plan
>Buisness customer with following
>1 - voice line - with feature plan contract up in mid 09
>( been told it will cost me around Ł50 to break this contract)
>2- fax line - contract expired
>3- broadband - contract expired
>
>Having spoken to BT they want 7 -10 days to transfer and Ł160
>and CANNOT take my numbers with me as its on a
>different exhange .
>
>Having spoken via live chat a few weeks ago to Virgin reseidential
>they told me i could PORT my numbers providing they were out
>of contract.
>Having called me today they tell me they cant PORT the numbers
>if like BT the are moving to a different exchange , she was insistent
>this was the case .
>
>Anyone any suggestions as to how i might be able to resolve this ?
>and be able to take my numbers with me ?

Port it into a VoIP service and lie about your address...

Gordon

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Jono

Post subject: Porting BT Numbers ?

Posted: 2008-05-28 18:22:56

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Gordon Henderson pretended :

> In article ,
> Laserfink wrote:
>> Hi
>> I am closing my office to move it HOME , currently i am a BT one plan
>> Buisness customer with following
>> 1 - voice line - with feature plan contract up in mid 09
>> ( been told it will cost me around Ł50 to break this contract)
>> 2- fax line - contract expired
>> 3- broadband - contract expired
>>
>> Having spoken to BT they want 7 -10 days to transfer and Ł160
>> and CANNOT take my numbers with me as its on a
>> different exhange .
>>
>> Having spoken via live chat a few weeks ago to Virgin reseidential
>> they told me i could PORT my numbers providing they were out
>> of contract.
>> Having called me today they tell me they cant PORT the numbers
>> if like BT the are moving to a different exchange , she was insistent
>> this was the case .
>>
>> Anyone any suggestions as to how i might be able to resolve this ?
>> and be able to take my numbers with me ?
>
> Port it into a VoIP service and lie about your address...
>
> Gordon

It shouldnt matter what the address is...; he can give his current
business address - no fibbing needed.

To the OP - NTL:Telewest Business/Virginmedia and BTs porting
agreements are such that if the losing operator cannot re-provide
service at the customers new address, no port can occur.

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Laserfink

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Posted: 2008-05-29 17:21:34

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>>
>
> Porting to a voip provider maybe an option for you.

Anyone suggest a reliable ( but not corporate prices)
compnay i could use for porting

Particulary interested in hearing from anyone WHO
HAS BEEN thru the porting process

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Post subject: Porting BT Numbers ?

Posted: 2008-05-29 16:47:03

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Joined: 2008-05-29 16:47:03

Laserfink wrote:

>> Porting to a voip provider maybe an option for you.
>
> Anyone suggest a reliable ( but not corporate prices)
> compnay i could use for porting
>
> Particulary interested in hearing from anyone WHO
> HAS BEEN thru the porting process
>
>

Im with voip.co.uk and ported my BT number over last July. Port went
through easily, just had to complete the porting authorisation form and
send it back to voip.co.uk. There was no charge for the port. As my
monthly price pack expired towards the end of last year I only use them
for incoming calls and calling 0845 numbers where I cant find a
geographic alternative.

They are not taking on residential customers at the moment but I believe
business accounts are available.

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Peter Andrews

Post subject: Porting BT Numbers ?

Posted: 2008-05-29 18:01:30

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Laserfink wrote in message
news:4KKdnWvkef6SRaPVRVnyjwA@bt.com...

>
>>>
>>
>> Porting to a voip provider maybe an option for you.
>
> Anyone suggest a reliable ( but not corporate prices)
> compnay i could use for porting
>
> Particulary interested in hearing from anyone WHO
> HAS BEEN thru the porting process
>

Your problem will be finding a VOIP operator who will port the number for
you - I think Gradwell will. However as porting costs are paid by the
recipient operator they will need to see a profit in it by you paying for
their service in the future. And it is your new operator who requests the
porting - not you and they terminate your line with BT. If you have already
asked BT to cease your line you cannot then port the number.

The porting arrangements, that all operators have to abide by, are tightly
regulated by Ofcom and there are very specific about what can and cant be
done - unfortunately not always understood by everyone. Porting was
originally put in place, in the mid 90s, for purely commercial reasons - so
that the cable companies could offer a cheaper/different service and a
potential customer would not be discouraged by having to change his number.

Peter

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linus@magra..nus Surguy)

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Posted: 2008-06-05 12:38:00

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Laserfink wrote:

>Hi
>I am closing my office to move it HOME , currently i am a BT one plan
>Buisness customer with following
[snip]
>Having spoken to BT they want 7 -10 days to transfer and Ł160
>and CANNOT take my numbers with me as its on a
>different exhange .
[snip]
>Having spoken via live chat a few weeks ago to Virgin reseidential
>they told me i could PORT my numbers providing they were out
>of contract.
>Having called me today they tell me they cant PORT the numbers
>if like BT the are moving to a different exchange , she was insistent
>this was the case .

Portability is not number Mobility. The process is designed for you to change
your telephone supplier at your current address, and whilst you have a right to
port your number, you dont have a right to move your number.

However, as suggested later in this thread, you could port to a VoIP provider
and as long as you do it before you move, you dont need to tell them!
(Especially if as an operator we do know you are moving at the same time we
have
to ask the permission of the original operator)

Linus

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