{"id":194,"date":"2003-09-23T09:47:20","date_gmt":"2003-09-23T13:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/09\/verizon_to_allow_land_numbers_for_cells\/"},"modified":"2003-09-23T09:47:20","modified_gmt":"2003-09-23T13:47:20","slug":"verizon_to_allow_land_numbers_for_cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/23\/verizon_to_allow_land_numbers_for_cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Verizon to Allow Land Numbers for Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"

And so it begins! Verizon has jumped the gun and announced an agreement to allow customers to turn their landline phone numbers into cell phone numbers<\/a>. All the carriers have to allow mobile numbers to be portable (you can take your number with you when you switch carriers) by November 24th<\/sup>, but they’ve been fighting landline portability. They’ll be scrambling now that Verizon has made this announcement. Fun times in the phone industry!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And so it begins! Verizon has jumped the gun and announced an agreement to allow customers to turn their landline phone numbers into cell phone numbers. All the carriers have to allow mobile numbers to be portable (you can take your number with you when you switch carriers) by November 24th, but they’ve been fighting… Continue reading Verizon to Allow Land Numbers for Cells<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":249,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/24\/are_you_part_of_the_technology_elite\/","url_meta":{"origin":194,"position":0},"title":"Are You Part of the Technology Elite?","date":"November 24, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"A study released Sunday found that 31% of Americans are 'highly tech-savvy' people for whom the Internet, cell phones and handheld organizers are more indispensable than TVs and old-fashioned wired phones. 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