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...aren’t imagining it. After a number of appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has decided that we can keep our cell numbers, even when we don’t wish to keep our current service providers. Using a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulation that requires “number portability” for land lines—which allows customers to keep their phone number when switching services—the court decided that people have a right to their cell phone numbers, just as they have a right to their home...
Number portability began on Nov. 24. Finally, we will no longer be held hostage by poor service providers just to avoid that overwhelming fear of being disconnected from friends and family as we scramble to distribute a new number when we switch. According to The New York Times, FCC officials have estimated that 8.7 million people will probably change services now that number portability has become available—a clear indicator that people have in fact been trapped by their current providers...
...haven?t heard about cell-phone number portability, you?re either living under a rock or very happy with your current service. Now that carriers have followed through on the FCC mandate to let customers take their numbers with them when they switch to another service providers, industry estimates suggest that, before the year is out, 13 million people will jump ship with their 10-digit number...
Other students seemed skeptical of prices changing quickly in response to the FCC ruling...
Despite numerous challenges by wireless carriers, the FCC has stood its ground in supporting cell phone number portability...