Number portability is a good thing. However, if i were planning on moving to another carrier, I'd wait at least 4-6 weeks for them to shake all of the bugs out of the system. From a technical standpoint this is a pretty challenging exercise even with it limited to local numbers.
It is very similar to the type of chaos that might happen if you could take your IP or email address with you when you switch ISPs. The things that have to happen behind the scenes are pretty scary. And the FCC dictates that the carriers only have 2 hours from the time of an order to make the switch.
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