The showtime of earpiece numeral portability is coming ever closer , and the FCC has write out some guidelines to cellphone carriers for facilitating act transportation . Among them , that they should n’t keep a customer from changing carrier even if they still own money on their account statement , and that there ’s “ no technical reasony ” why transfer a routine to a fresh bearer should take more than two - and - a - one-half hours . The guidelines are non - binding , but should give customer a pretty in force estimate of what they ’re carrier can and ca n’t get aside with .
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