Here's an interesting question: PCS2PCS and WLNP?

Here's something I just thought of.

Does Sprint PCS' mechanism for determining whether a call is PCS2PCS
take into account ported numbers?

For example, if I call someone who has ported a number from another
carrier to Sprint, will it count as PCS2PCS? And the reverse: if
someone has ported OUT of Sprint, will a call to that number NO LONGER
count as PCS2PCS?

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Isaiah Beard <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Here's something I just thought of.
>
> Does Sprint PCS' mechanism for determining whether a call is PCS2PCS
> take into account ported numbers?
>
> For example, if I call someone who has ported a number from another
> carrier to Sprint, will it count as PCS2PCS? And the reverse: if
> someone has ported OUT of Sprint, will a call to that number NO LONGER
> count as PCS2PCS?

If a number is ported to SPCS, then that new number is registered as a
SPCS number, just as if SPCS bought a new block of numbers for new
customers. So, in theory, you "should" not experience any problems.
Now am i saying it will work flawlessly? Nope, in fact i bet there
will be glitches, like if you call a newly ported number within 24
hours of porting, all the systems necessary to bill correctly might
not have been updated. In addition, if you call a newly ported number
in another part of the country, or on a SPCS affiliate, it may take
longer for all the billing to come out right. Just be sure to get
detailed billing and then if something bills incorectly, you'll have a
paper trail to back yourself up.

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[email protected] says...
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> Here's something I just thought of.
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> Does Sprint PCS' mechanism for determining whether a call is PCS2PCS=20
> take into account ported numbers?

Yes. We can watch such calls using a more "internal"=20
number we call an MSID. =20

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> For example, if I call someone who has ported a number from another=20
> carrier to Sprint, will it count as PCS2PCS? And the reverse: if=20
> someone has ported OUT of Sprint, will a call to that number NO LONGER=20
> count as PCS2PCS?
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Yes, and yes. Same reason as above.

BTW, someone in the know may realize I'm not being=20
technically accurate about the MSID. I'm not trying to be=20
wholly accurate, just to paint a picture more or less=20
understandable.

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