My fibre connection is being connected in 2 weeks and I've gone with Bigpipe. My original plan was to leave the copper line in place and port our phone number to 2talk then cancel my Orcon ADSL connection once I'm happy everything is working but I've found out that once the installer confirms the fibre is working they're going to remove the copper line. I'm pretty happy to get the copper removed as it's an aerial drop, but I'm not sure about the timing. I've not ported the number earlier because I've read that it will cancel my service with Orcon once I do (please correct me if I'm wrong).
Does anyone know what happens with my ADSL connection once the copper line is removed, will I still be able to request a phone number port even though the physical line to our house is removed? I've not given Orcon any notice that I'll be cancelling my service with them - I was going to give the 30 days once the fibre is in and working.