Assuming the number isn't held by someone exempt from porting, what would prevent someone from being able to port a number from a particular rate center in a LATA they have coverage in? We picked up a particular carrier for our out-of-area needs and the first thing we throw at them in a LATA we know they have coverage in, they can't do. They have a non-useful reason why. When I started at this company, I made sure to port a bunch of numbers from all over our LATA to see what would happen. All successful. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com