[WXC/VFX] XNET VFX 09 number in Wellington

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#52457 15-Nov-2006 17:30

Juha: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think all of this will be sorted out in April next year, with number portability.

I had a look at the Number Portability documents a while back because I thought it might be the solution too. However, it was fairly clear that number portability only applies WITHIN a given free calling area. Sorry, I don't have the URLs to back up this assertion, but it seemed fairly clear when I read the documents.

This is pretty lame I reckon, sort of a "Clayton's Number Portability". It would be interesting to know how this compares with overseas jurisdictions.

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#52476 15-Nov-2006 19:22

Yeah, that does sound like neutered number portability...

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#52499 15-Nov-2006 21:14

"heres your number portability, but dont take it too far, because its not actually portable"

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#52577 16-Nov-2006 09:08

I guess the bureaucrats that make up these rules don't understand that VOIP is the new mobile. How do I change my address six times a day or more? These VOIP phones will be WIFI or intergrated into your cellular phone before long, so are going to make life rather interesting for the 111 service. And, no I don't want my phone chipped with a GPS tracker

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#52833 17-Nov-2006 14:41

Well now that ihug have made the move to offering flat rate national calling others will follow, and then its only a matter of time before these artificial barriers of local call areas just up and dissappear with most telcos offering flatrate calls to everywhere instead of local. Then hopefully this whole crap with area codes can just disappear and people have 8 digit numbers with no regard to where they are....

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#52836 17-Nov-2006 15:10

richms: Well now that ihug have made the move to offering flat rate national calling others will follow, and then its only a matter of time before these artificial barriers of local call areas just up and dissappear with most telcos offering flatrate calls to everywhere instead of local. Then hopefully this whole crap with area codes can just disappear and people have 8 digit numbers with no regard to where they are....

Getting slightly OT now but when Telecom's designed their 7 digit numbering scheme one of the ideas on the table was that all calls within the same area code would be zoned as a local call.

I agree that the days of a toll call are over as the concept is now very dated. I suspect it won't be long before your phone service includes unlimited calling.

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#52889 17-Nov-2006 22:34

nic.wise:
Maverick, a friend of mine is looking at moving to VFX - he only ever gets calls from Auckland - can he get an 09 number, even tho he lives in Welli?

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Nic, there could be another way around this that should meet WxC requirements for correct number regions. This would involve getting two VFX numbers.

Firstly, your friend would get a Wellington number as per the normal rules. Then, as your friend is likely to be in Auckland from time to time visiting his friends, then he could probably also apply for and Auckland number to use when in Auckland. This would be similar to say if you had a holiday home or maybe a business premise out of town.

When in Wellington, your friend would use his Wellington number. When in Auckland, he would use his Auckland number.

The trick here now is call diversion. As VFX - VFX calls are free, he could divert his Auckland number to his Wellington number when at home in Wellington. Therefore, his Auckland friends can call his Auckland number, but be diverted to his Wellington number.

I think a setup like this should be acceptable to WxC, and comply with there rules. Once setup, WxC would have covered their legal responsibilities. How your friend decided to use the service there after would his responsibility.

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#52912 18-Nov-2006 09:43

The nice thing about our Service is thats it's very flexible

, however we do hear the comments made and we have been discussing in great length about options to be able to supply a more flexible number allocation I will be starting a new thread to give a brief on what we are planning.

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