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What Has Number Portability Done For You?

Posted by timothy on from the absolutely-nothing-huh dept.

Coldeagle writes "Number portability has been around for a few days now, I was wondering; have any of you fellow Slashdot readers switched carriers? How was your experience, and have you seen any price warring since it went into place?" Or is number portability so far more hype than happenin'?

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  1. It makes me laugh... by bluprint · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you noticed how every carrier has a commercial now, saying that if you switch to them, you can keep your old number? As if they came up with this and are the only carrier with which you can do that...

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    A modern day witchhunt.
  2. Re: the gold dollars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Most people I know are just hoarding those like aging dragons sitting atop a pile of treasure. How many years before they increase in value? I don't know, but my small collection of Susan B. Anthony dollars isn't doing much, and that was quite a while ago.

  3. Re:Very useful by i_r_sensitive · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's Pi isn't it?

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    "Talk minus action equals /." -
  4. Re:nada, and it never will... by sentientbrendan · · Score: 4, Funny

    911: Hello, this is 911. How would you like your emergency today?
    Me: Yeah, uhm... this is the only number my phone can dial. Could you relay a message? Please call Mark Portsworth at 343-982-8452 and tell him...

  5. Number portability has saved my life. by xeeno · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find myself thankful every day that the number "1" is still the number "1" no matter where I go.

    Thank god for number portability.

  6. Re:I was able to use it to get a better deal.. by kayen_telva · · Score: 2, Funny

    good man. making the wife do the dirty work. right on !

    ;)

  7. Re:nada, and it never will... by ryanwright · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now, if only I got good reception in all of my house - I'm apparently located at the edge of two cells...

    We all are. It's built into the design of the system.

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    -Ryan, with the unoriginal sig
  8. Re:Wait! Don't switch yet! (A Porta-Hell Story) by Mr.+Grimm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I used to work at Sprint PCS. For the record, an "update" with a two hour call back time means the entire system crashed and their trying to bring it back up. Nice to see things haven't changed since I left.

  9. Re:How about IP Address by 4/3PI*R^3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uh, have you ever tried this new thingie-a-bod called DNS? It let's your application communicate on the Int'rnet without using those pesky 32 bit IP addresses. I think Microsoft invented it.

  10. Re:I did... by Unregistered · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just wish they has a selection of phones without antennas.

    Just cary one around for a few days. Then you won't have an antenna anymore. problem solved.

  11. Makes it easier... by lhpineapple · · Score: 2, Funny

    to stalk my ex.

  12. Big endian vs. little endian. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Number portability would make it a lot easier to port software beetween little endian/big endian machines.

    Unfortunately this is not the kind of portability the article is talking about.