jl wrote:
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> Someone in my family, a saboteur, got my SSN and ported my number to
> AT&T without my knowledge or consent. It took me days and days and
> threats and threats of lawsuits to get the number back. All Verizon
> needed to have done to have prevented that nuisance which destroyed my
> use of a cellphone for over a week was to have called me to confirm.
> They did not. They sure as hell can call anytime day or night
> promoting some new service or spam me with e-mail when they want to
> dig deeper into my pocket.


Good story, but after porting a number of lines in different directions
with different carriers you always get a call which you have to
acknowledge when the port is ready.