FCC Still Taking Comments Cell Number Portability

ovrclokd writes "As a followup to the recent court ruling in their favor: through June 13th, the FCC is still taking comments on the CTIA petition for relief from the cell phone number portability deadline in November. Wireless carriers are apparently claiming that inability to keep from changing phone numbers when changing carriers isn't inhibiting competition - let's let the FCC know we don't agree!"

Reminds me of "Car Talk"

[drfrank]

FCC to the phone companies:

"Please write your 'comments' on the back of a blank check made payable to 'Michael Powell, Chairman, FCC', and hand deliver the self-addressed envelope behind the 7-11 at 4th and Main next Saturday at 2 AM."

Headline

[Strike]

"FCC Still Taking Comments Cell Number Portability"

er, something's missing, either a colon after "Comments" or some word like "Regarding" or "Concerning" in between "Comments" and "Cell"

A crumb off the old block

[MadAhab]

The younger Powell clearly lacks the integrity his father projects.

Only a complete pinhead could say, as he did, "Just because purchases of additional media enterprises is now possible, thanks to our ruling, doesn't mean that the media will lose all diversity. Companies only buy up these media properties when it makes good business sense." As to making sense, apparently he's the only living being inside the radius of Neptune who's never heard of AOL-Time-Warner. Second, the FCC allowed greater ownersh

Re:A crumb off the old block

[still cynical]

Wow, a crude and offensive rant and I can't argue against any of it. ;-)

What is it with me (and a lot of others apparently) that our government and businesses are making me angrier and more frustrated every day? Am I getting less patient and understanding? Or less naive and gullible? Now I know why so many people are sheep who blindly go where they're led and take what's being fed them, it's much easier on the blood pressure. But dammit, I just can't put the blinders on, and I can't forget what I've al

Am I missing something?

[TygerFish]

The article that the link points to informs the reader that the delays in implimenting LNP that the cellular carriers all seem to want will no longer be granted.

With a growing tendency towards cellphone's playing an important role in multiple sphere's of a consumer's life, the absence of number portablity is a free stick for cellular providers that they can use to beat consumers into silently accepting less-than-optimal cellular service and the desire to delay on the part of the major cellular carriers is