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Old 04-30-2008, 08:00 PM   #101
Shawnski
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Originally Posted by exile183 View Post
OK, there is a *LOT* of misinformation in this thread which needs some clearing up.

Someone has mentioned that you could get a 587 number in Edmonton, then move to Calgary and take that number with you. This is false and it comes from a misunderstanding of how a distributed overlay works.
Actually, there wasn't a LOT of misinformation. And if you are refering to this post in the second quoted paragraph....

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I would expect with number portability that you will see people moving 780 numbers down south and people with 403 numbers moving them north. Today there is a north south split. That won't last long.
What you fail to grasp is that now that the phone number/carrier/platform relationship is broken due to number portability, it is the next likely step that the NPA/NXX to home calling area will also change. This would require a CRTC authorization, but I DO foresee it coming.

At no time, however, did I indicate that can happen right now.
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