Today's the day

I mentioned in an earlier post about number portability for phones.

Well today is the day. You can keep your current cell or land line phone number when you switch to a different carrier - cell to cell, cell to land line, land line to cell, etc.

So, if you're not happy with your current service provider, you can just say sianara. However, if you're on a contract you're still on the hook until that's up.

And you need to sign up with the new company first before canceling your old service. So, it won't be easy, but it can be done.

March 14 is Churn Day

The CRTC has ruled that March 14 is the day that wireless number portability (WNP) will take affect.

So, don't sign that long contract. Come March I'm sure the cell providers will be offering lots of deals to keep you as a customer and prevent churn (that's what they call it when a customer switches carriers).

Check out Virgin Mobile for their two cents worth. They don't have contracts and have the smallest share so they have the most to gain from this.

And check out The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association for there mumbo jumbo take on this.