Will number portability increase churn permanently?

In article <[email protected]>,
"Justin" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think it will, for at least two reasons. First, people can change
> companies and keep their phone numbers. Duh. Secondly, carriers often don't
> give the deep discounts on phones to existing customers. With number
> portability, I may end up switching carriers every time I want a new phone,
> which is usually about every two years. All of the increased churn rate
> will probably increase our costs overall. Just my guess.
>
> Justin

Just read a news story that adds a whole new facet to number portability.
The baby Bells don't like it, but FCC basically said "Tough".

As of November 24, you can port your home landline number to a cell.
or
You can Port your cell phone number to a wired landline !



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ap_on_hi_te/ke
eping_phone_numbers_1

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> As of November 24, you can port your
> home landline number to a cell.

I would, except I'm required to have a landline to get dsl.

In my area RoadRunbner service makes Sprint look like the gold standard.

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:29:34 +0000, DSL GURU wrote:

> In my area RoadRunbner service makes Sprint look like the gold standard.

LOL! I heard that!