Starting November 24th, people will be able to keep their phone numbers even if they switch cell phone carriers and switch their land line numbers to their cell phone (if that sounds a little confusing, just read the article). The pessimist in me thinks it will be pushed back, but I do think it's cool that consumers now have options. I don't think I'll switch from T-Mobile though. I like them well enough and I love their customer service. It would have been cool to have a 212 cell phone number though. Too bad I gave up the number already. Number portability starts in the 100 largest metropolitan areas on the 24th, but rolls out for 6 months later in the rest of the country. Lucky for me, NYC barely makes the top-100 largest metropolitan areas.

Posted by tien mao in Tech at 1:23 PM