{"id":5584,"date":"2004-02-17T12:05:51","date_gmt":"2004-02-17T19:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/02\/17\/hold-that-line-2.html"},"modified":"2004-02-17T12:05:51","modified_gmt":"2004-02-17T19:05:51","slug":"hold_that_line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/02\/17\/hold_that_line.html","title":{"rendered":"Hold that line"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hmm. The idea of selling your phone number <\/a>may not be a slam-dunk.<\/p>\n

Verizon, at least, claims that number portability doesn’t mean the number “belongs” to you<\/a>, but only that you are allowed to take it with you between providers; selling, it is right out.<\/p>\n

That’s not keeping folks from still bidding on Jenny’s number<\/a> — currently to the tune (so to speak) of $80k …<\/p>\n

Stay tuned …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hmm. The idea of selling your phone number may not be a slam-dunk. Verizon, at least, claims that number portability doesn’t mean the number “belongs” to you, but only that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-tech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2288,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/07\/16\/weve_got_your_n.html","url_meta":{"origin":5584,"position":0},"title":"We’ve got your number … still","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 16-Jul-02 2:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Cellular carriers have extracted yet another delay from the FCC in their providing number portability -- the ability to change carriers (e.g., move from Verizon to AT&T Wireless) without losing...","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-Tech"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-Tech","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/hi-tech"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":152,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/06\/06\/portable_phones.html","url_meta":{"origin":5584,"position":1},"title":"Portable phones","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 6-Jun-03 3:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite claiming that sky, if not Western Civilization (or their profits) would fall if forced into it, the mobile phone companies have lost their appeal to block an FCC ruling,...","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-Tech"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-Tech","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/hi-tech"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4504,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/08\/18\/if_you_cant_bea.html","url_meta":{"origin":5584,"position":2},"title":"If you can’t beat ’em, profit from ’em","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 18-Aug-03 2:37pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Surprise, surprise. 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