Local Number Portability

Well it seems that the telcos are going to get some real competition now that Canadian (well most of us at least) can take our number, be it wired or not and move it to any other service (even to technologies that are not available yet) through number portability (GN). I don’t think there is going to be an immediate rush of people wanting to join up with a new company right away, but now, as it was for wired service before (in Alberta at least) your number stays with you and so when it comes time to renew contracts, it might be harder for companies to hold onto their clients and it really makes no sense anymore to go with anything more than a one year contact.