What is LNP?

What is LNP (Local Number Portability) or Number Portability
Answer: LNP or Number portability Porting a DID number means that you can leave your current carrier, and move your number to another carrier, that has network in that same area code.

Suppose one of your customers have a number with Vonage, or Verizon, or AT&T and you want to port it over to virtualphoneline.com , You can very much do so.


Legal Overview:
Local Number Portability, or LNP, is an FCC regulation that is slowly but surely enabling end users to take their phone number with them when they switch phone service providers. Regulations about LNP don't yet apply to all phone companies.

DownSide:
Some Companies may still NOT allow you to port the number, or charge you a contract breaking fee etc, to port the number away.

One risk is that number might get ported in but you can't get it back out, at which point you're stuck. At the current time AT&T VOIP won't take over any VSP (VOIP Service Provider) numbers. If you're a Vonage customer and want to move, your only choice is a new number. The safest thing to do is start with a number from the old incumbent phone company ILEC, then port it to the VoIP provider. Should you need to switch VoIP providers you have a better chance at keeping your number.

If you want to pop the hood on how number portability works you should read about ENUM.

What is Generally needed?

Generally porting a number involves

• Filling out a form
• Copy of an old bill
• Call Logs of old Number

How Much time does it take ?
In United States it then takes up to 30 days; sometimes it's quick though. in Pakistan it takes 4 days.
Suggestion: Don't cancel the old service till afterward.

Companies that offer LNP?

Junction Networks and OnSIP Local Number Portability throughout the US.
3StarsNet Local Number Portability in Belgium of any geo and non geographical number .
Boom Logic Local Number Portability across US. Wholesale and Retail.
Convertec SIP Origination and Termination, E911 Compliant, CLID Passed as transparent or as desired with DNID passed as needed. Toll-Free Services with vanity numbers available. Unlimited channels with Virtual PRI channels available. Also providers of Asterisk/Trixbox/PIAF support. Click Here for our origination/LNP coverage spreadsheet. LNP is $20.00 per local or TFN. TF NASC available for $40.00.
Virtual Phone Line 25$ per number fee. 7$ a month after that.
DIDX 15$ per number - Can do Canada, US - First 5 number for FREE
InPhonex.com $19.95 per number setup fee.
Premier Voice LNP $12.50 per port and starting at $2.50 a month.
Digital Network Innovations Port is Free, Monthly costs: first DID is $10AU, $4AU for additional.
Preface (Australia) LNP available for monthly cost.
VirPhone Global Telecommunications Company Free Port, monthly rental $10 or included free with monthly plan.

See Also

• IP Communications — IP Communications SIP Trunks, IP800 and IPDID Services. FREE DIDs (no purchase necessary, no obligation)

• LNP In Pakistan

• The backlinks of this page.
• Introduction to LNP