On Mon, 22 Feb 2010, Dorn Hetzel wrote:
I am sure the various carriers faced with the onset of Local Number Portability and WLNP in this part of the world would have been happy to escape with only forwarding phone calls for 3 months.
I'm sure they would :) I know very little of the workings of cell (or landline) phone networks but I expect if it worked the same way Internet routing does then the Telco networks would have had serious problems under the weight of rerouted calls.
I would watch out for this idea, it might actually catch on in various places, warts and all...
OTOH if it fails in a screaming heap in Israel it may show everyone else why it is a bad idea :) Cheers, Rob -- Email: robert@timetraveller.org IRC: Solver Web: http://www.practicalsysadmin.com I tried to change the world but they had a no-return policy