If you're waiting too long for your number transfer .....

Posts: 4 · New Forum Member Joined: Aug 18, 2005 Posts: 4

I finally gave up.. i contacted voange and terminated my service...contacted comcast and got thier Voip. Here is the messed up thing. I conctacted them on Wednesday last week. My number was transferred this morning before i even woke up...hmm 90+ days for Vonage and never transferred even tho they said it was approved for transfer..or 5 days (including a weekend in those 5 days) for comcast.

Posts: 80 · Vonage Forum Senior Joined: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 80

zborgerd wrote:

Bnr78 wrote:

Oh before someone says "It is a FCC Regulation that Number must be ported." Let me tell you this, Vonage is not regulated by the FCC, Vonage considers themselves a Data Company not a Telephone Company. So hence since they don't fall under the FCC the "Telephone Companies" don't have to hand the number over.

The truth is that Vonage is only a "phone company" when they want to be. What is that I see? "The Broadband Phone Company"? It appears to be a registered trademark.

Regardless, some of their business practices are a bit shady, and the point is that they are offering something that they fail to provide.

We'll see how long this "data company" stuff holds up, as Voip becomes more popular. As long as they communicate with POTS, they'll most certainly be a "phone company", even if they try to slide around the obligations that phone companies have (and the taxes). Cellphone exchanges utilize "data services" as well, but they are run by "phone companies". "Phone companies" transmit long distance conversation over IP as well. Vonage is no different.

You bring up a good arguement sir, when will the FCC "Deem Voip Phone Companies" as phone companies. I never claimed to be a FCC expert but I'm sure down the road Voip will be regulated once the phone compaines start providing Voip seriously. Is there business practice shady, umm maybe, but that is another debt which can go on for years.

But let me bring this to the table, at the current stand point Vonage piggybacks off the current broadband connection right? Well you are using the internet pretty much you phone line, the only thing you are doing is going through there proxy/switch for call routing, the internet handles everything else, so how do you regulate the internet?

I'm sure we can debt the issue all day long, but the simple fact is that at the moment Vonage isn't regulated by the FCC so there is no sense in filing complaints.

Posts: 49 · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:54 pm Post subject:

paladin wrote:

I finally gave up.. i contacted voange and terminated my service...contacted comcast and got thier Voip. Here is the messed up thing. I conctacted them on Wednesday last week. My number was transferred this morning before i even woke up...hmm 90+ days for Vonage and never transferred even tho they said it was approved for transfer..or 5 days (including a weekend in those 5 days) for comcast.

That's disturbing.

Good luck with Comcast.

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Sep 04, 2005 Posts: 1

It is now four months that the eLOA has been submitted with no joy Cry

There was to be a transfer on 8/8/05 but today is 9/4/05 and nothing.

Someone help Verizon is still charging for the number.