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Article: Cell-phone number portability ... finally.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- November 26, 2003
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The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday, Nov. 25:
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Cell-phone customers in the nation's 100 largest markets are seeing progress occur this week: For the first time, they can keep phone numbers when switching wireless carriers.
Wireless consumers should be winners in this switch, since phone companies already are offering discounts to attract or retain their business.
Phone customers just need to watch out for those hefty fees levied for breaking a contract early. And they need to understand that their old phone probably won't work with their new carrier _ a problem that phone companies ought to ...