Level 3’s practice of allowing 5,000 carrier port-ins per day,...
Level 3’s practice of allowing 5,000 carrier port-ins per day, and 5,000 port-outs per day, are fully consistent with North American Numbering Council Best Practice #67, the company told the FCC (http://xrl.us/bngir4). Bandwidth.com alleged last month that, for large porting…
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projects, Level 3’s 5,000-per-day limit causes the company to run afoul of rule 67, which suggests a 15-day limit on porting (CD June 13 p10). “Having been an active participant in the development of Best Practice #67, Level 3 respectfully reminds Bandwidth that for port-outs of 51 or more telephone numbers, Best Practice #67 dictates no rigid port-out timeframe, and in two separate places, states specifically that the Old Service Provider is allowed to negotiate the total port-out interval,” Level 3 said. Bandwidth’s suggestion - that regardless of the size or complexity of a project, it be completed within 15 days - “is entirely inconsistent with what those in the industry” supported when negotiating that best practice, Level 3 said.