Herman wrote:

> "Paul Cupis" <paul@cupis.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:ejdck8$168v$1@custnews.inweb.co.uk...

>> Herman wrote:

>>> "Paul Cupis" <paul@cupis.co.uk> wrote in message

>>> And that's the problem - at the moment they are not obliged to by Ofcom.
>>> As at 2 months ago, all the companies I tried could not do it (but could
>>> for local BT numbers).

>> No operator is obliged to port-in, that is correct. NTL are required to
>> port-out, though.
>>
>> It comes down to whether the VoIP operator (or their provider) wants to
>> put the effort into setting up a porting agreement with NTL.

> To put it another way: do you or does anyone else know of any VoIP
> operators where there is such an agreement?
>
> If there are none then I guess it doesn't matter what the reason is. If
> there are some then I suspect there are some people on this will be
> interested.

Perhaps the all-new, caring, sharing Virgin/NTL/Telewest behemoth will be
more lovey-dovey and sign some porting agreements with some VoIP SPs.

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