The Federal Communications Commission has expanded local number portability (LNP) to VoIP. LNP is a feature of a phone number to be transferred from one phone carrier to another. No need to change your number.
This is a big deal because this has been a major issue. It’s one thing that you are transferring your service. With the transfer comes along the features on your old service, plus from a regular phone line to a digital. To make it simple your number is transferred and converted.
It is good that FCC has taken its part and says that the phone numbers should be ported within 48 hours from your request when you are going to a new provider.
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