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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. Fahk you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck you!

  2. Slow news day? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    How does a "Dear Abbey" about cell phone number portability qualify as news for nerds?

  3. Re:All I know... by donutello · · Score: 1, Troll

    Interestingly, they are only charging me $1.10 a month for it.

    I did call and complain and the lady basically told me that the agreement I had with them said that they could charge me for any fees as they saw fit. I informed her that I would now be availing of this feature and switch to Verizon.

    Personally, I hate the government mandate. Everyone of us will have to pay $1.10 a month because some babies couldn't be bothered to inform people that their number changed.

    Phone numbers change all the time. People move, other things happen. I don't see why it is so important to be able to keep your phone number while moving between carriers. It's a nice feature but certainly not worth everyone paying $1.10 a month for ever.

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    Mmmm.. Donuts
  4. USA != World by martingunnarsson · · Score: 0, Troll

    Other countries have had number portability for quite some time you insensitive clod!

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    Martin
  5. JuggleGeek you fucking miserable prick fuck you. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    The cat is out of the bag on you. Everyone knows you are a poor, unemployed fucking loser. Shut the fuck up. This is JuggleGeek's resume. I will rip it to shreds because he is viscous and very much an unskilled arrogant jerk that constantly makes paranoid statements, espouses half truths and makes arrogant comments on Slashdot. JuggleGeek: An NT 4.0 Lover. A bit behind the times, don't you think? His work is so cheap and unprofessional they use Win98. He claims to be a programmer. His "workstation" OS of choice: Win98. Nice.

    HAND CODED HTML! WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT COULD STILL HAPPEN?
    You mean "Thought it would happen," not thunk. Thunking is something a "programmer" should know about. Most people hand core or use code to generate HTML. Big fucking deal

    WELL, IT'S MOSTLY HAND CODED. BUT TO BE FAIR, I HAVE USED
    HOMESITE 2.5, AND IT IS PRETTY NICE.
    So it is not hand coded. Make up your mind. Moron
    MOSTLY, I LIKE HAVING A QUICK ONE-KEY METHOD OF SEEING HOW
    THE PAGE LOOKS AT ANY GIVEN POINT.
    HACKER : STEPHEN WHITIS
    You cannot hack HTML. That is an amateurish, juvenile thing to say. You can author HTML, no more. Its as easy as using a typewriter

    Stephen "JuggleGeek" Whitis's Resume Page (p1 of 3)
    - Moron error. Possessive form of Whitis is Whitis'.

    I am currently seeking employment.
    Forgone conclusion. That is why resumes are written. Moron.

    I am interested in Delphi programming, with an emphasis on internet related applications, user interfaces, and databases. Web design is not a specialty area, but I have basic skills and an interest in developing them further.
    Interest in a subject is not a reason to hire you. No one cares what you like. It is about what you can do for other people. Moron. So, you want your next employer to teach you not to suck in web design?

    I currently live in Dallas, and have no interest in moving.
    I currently have a company "INSERT COMPANY NAME HERE" and have no interest in hiring you.

    I am not looking for "traditional" work. Part time work would be considered, as well as telecomuting [SIC] work. The usual 9 to 5 job doesn't interest me, as I have an ongoing project which already takes up a certain amount of my time.
    Translation: I'm a loser that cant keep a real job. I don't have the attention span or the responsibility to finish anything. I like to telecommute to further hide my ability to do nothing. I fail to mention the project because its probably killing small animals or fucking sheep.

    If you have a project you need done, and the project interests me, I can be hired cheap.

    You can be hired cheap because you suck
    If you are looking for a full-time, long term, 9-5 kind of guy, then I'm not the one you're looking for. I'm a self taught programmer with 20 years of professional experience. I'm confident that I can be successful with any programming project I take on, but I will only accept offers where the project interests me and the working conditions meet with my non-standard lifestyle.
    This isnt a resume. This is a stupid conversation you are having with no one. Self taught means you point out the fact most real programmers will rip you apart. 20 years? Doubtful. Most of your expoerience is more IT than programming. You have never contributed to an opensource project to prove you can submit code, you have no code portfolio. Non-standard lifestyle. FUCK YOU.

    I get a lot of emails from headhunters wanting me to consider jobs out of state. I am not leaving Texas. (And I'm very unlikely to leave Dallas.) If your out of state company wants to hire me, then I'll need to telecommute.
    You