Transferring your number to your permanent carrier
As I’ve said above, I activate your number with my temporary local service and then you have to transfer the number to the carrier of your choice. This temporary service is good for at least a month or more and I do everything possible to make sure nobody ever loses a number but they have to transfer them as soon as possible to insure their uninterrupted use.
There’s no fee to transfer a number to any regular carrier although some voicemail services may charge a fee. Any of the ones I work with waive this fee for numbers from me though, because I help to make their life and the transfer process easier. Most carriers are big and bureaucratic and they’re designed to make the transfer process slow and drag their feet to try and win a customer back, but I’m not a big company and I definitely don’t drag my feet . In fact I even developed a special email transfer process that for some carriers eliminates the need for the faxed forms and helps to speed the process even if they still require the form for their records. With this I we can transfer a number to some carriers in just a couple days.
I’ve also seen some carriers or toll free services that say that it takes as much as 3 to 5 weeks to transfer a toll free number from one carrier to another. Even a larger bureaucratic organization shouldn’t take more than a couple weeks and some can get it done in just a couple days or a single day in the very best case. Just tell them that you have a special contact at the releasing resporg and that he promised to release the number within 24 hours of the request so if takes more than a week or two to get the number released it’s their fault and the releasing carrier will show you how long it took for their request just to get sent. (Slow and inefficient resporgs are one of my pet peeves).
When you activate a number you can specify the carrier so I can pre-approve the number for them and so that I can give you the contact information if I have it for them. If you don’t know what carrier you want to transfer it to, you can still transfer it anywhere you want. Just ask the carrier for a “Resporg Change Form” or they may call it an “L.O.A.” (short for letter of agency). You fill this out with your information as the end user if it asks you for your current or previous carrier, put down “Resp-org.com” and fax this form back to your new carrier. They will send it to the department that handles transfers in their company or their carrier, who will ultimately send it to me to release. I also recommend that you send the email I sent you with the proof of ownership as well, since some carriers request a bill copy. This really isn’t required but I added that to the email since it’s easier to give them what they want than to prove it’s not supposed to be required. Anyway, you really don’t need to do anything with or contact the old carrier, but let me know if you have any problems. I am happy to help you. I only ask that you at least read the information I provide about this before asking me questions that are explained here.
| Tip: The best time to use my lookup is after the database is updated between the 10th and 12th of each month. And the best time of day to check for numbers is after 11:30pm central standard time when new numbers are added. |
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