More Cellphone Service Rant
Looks like when the CBC says "most Canadians", they really mean people who live in the big provinces with money (from the CRTC, bolds mine ):
By March 14, 2007 Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless and the mobility division of TELUS Communications Inc. will be required to provide WNP to their customers in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Québec. This means that customers in any of these provinces will be able to switch to any service provider in that province (wireline or wireless) and keep their phone number.
Throughout Canada, all wireless carriers will, by the same date, be required to release a phone number to another carrier (port-out customers) and by no later than September 12, 2007, to accept a phone number from another carrier (port-in customers).
Looks like us poor folk in Atlantic Canada are just chopped liver.
2 comments:
So, if I understand it correctly for the (have-not) provinces, the carriers have to release the number to other carriers by March 14th, but they don't have to accept a number from another carrier until September 12th...
Doesn't this essentially mean, no number transfers until September 12th?
Ramble, I think it means if you currently have a cell phone in New Brunswick (for example), and you are moving to Alberta (for example) you can keep your number. It certainly seems to encourage emigration, and not immigration.
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