FONGO_mike wrote:I can assure you this is legal as the porting within the company is not refusing porting to outside carriers. As the numbers are owned by Fibernetics, the number would be ported from Fibernetics to Fibernetics, as such, it should not be against any CRTC regulations.
There are complications between agreements with the individual brandings.
I will look into to what i can and can not say as to why we can not currently offer it and update you when i get more information or an official release.
I was not saying that it is illegal, just suggesting it is looked at. "Ownership" is not control, although the actual CRTC language on that is a little vague, TBH. The brand issue certainly complicates things.
A similar situation, just as an example would be (Bell) Solo<-->Bell Mobility, Koodo<-->Telus Mobility, Virgin Mobile<-->Bell Mobility. The ranges of numbers are owned by Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility in the examples, and the other carriers are more virtual operators -- they do have "assigned" blocks of numbers from the "parent", and as such, ownership and control are two separate things. As they are, however parent-child type arrangements, I am not aware that there have been any porting issues between the pairs (only a quick HoFo search, in all honesty), but it is a similar situation.
I realize it is sort of splitting hairs, but as it DOES affect a fair number of users who are trying to maximize their features in a largely "non-signposted" environment here at Fongo (and is a DRASTIC change from previously existing policy!) I feel it needs clarification, and posting out in the open!
To that end, I have a question, regarding numbering resources at Fongo .... (this may be outside the scope):
How are individual numbers assigned, by Fongo, to the various brands?
(Now I get that they are Fibernetics #'s, but only certain RANGES are released to Fongo, while others are held back for other Fibernetics operations).
From the Fongo pool, are they pre-assigned to the various platforms/brands in blocks/ranges, or does each brand/platform just DIP into a common pool to have a # assigned to a new user?
Example:
Vancouver BC 604-100 exchange (ficticious, does nto exist!) - 10,000 Fibernetics #s ...
604-100-0000 thru 604-100-3999 are held by Fibernetics for assignment to Business VOIP
604-100-4000 thry 604-100-6999 are released to Fongo for assignment
(all others retained as inactive/unassigned)
Is the Fongo pool then broken down further BEFORE assignment?
ie: -4xxx is assigned for BP users
-5xxx assigned for FPL users
-6xxxx assigned for DV users?
Or is it DIPPED at signup, so that a DV user just randomly gets a # anywhere from -4000 thru -6999 (say 4024), and the next user, an FPL client, could randomly get 4091 ...???
In the grand scheme of things, the actual numbers themselves do not matter, but the OWNERSHIP vs CONTROL question is greatly complicated by random DIP selection, rather than pre-assignment blocking.
Does this make sense?