The same local number portability rules should apply to all, said...
The same local number portability rules should apply to all, said USTelecom, Embarq and Windstream in a meeting this week with the Wireline Bureau. The FCC will vote on an order shortening the interval for wireline and intermodal ports,…
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currently four days, at its May meeting (see separate report in this issue). USTelecom and the carriers condemned a proposal by Comcast to shorten the interval to one day for “e-bonded” carriers and two days for others. Comcast “fails to mention that no cable provider offers an e-bonding process today,” said USTelecom in a Wednesday ex parte filing. “So, under its proposal, Comcast and all other cable providers would be entitled to a one-day interval for ports out from an e-bonded ILEC but not when a consumer decides to leave Comcast -- or any other cable voice provider -- for that ILEC.” A Comcast spokeswoman didn’t return a request for comment.