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   NOBODY, May 19th, 2004 @ 11:27am

   
   

   But we've established that users own their cell phone numbers. What about cell phone numbers that have e-mail addresses attatched to them? Why are e-mail addresses any different to begin with? If the e-mail address is property of the user it's assigned to, can a user "transfer" his e-mail address? Obviously, there are limitations on that. But it's a good debate.

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   Oliver Wendell Jones, May 19th, 2004 @ 11:43am

   
   

   You don't own your cell phone number. You lease it or license it, but you don't *own* it.
   
   If you *owned* it and cancelled your service, then noone would ever be able to use that number again because it's your's.
   
   Just ask the guy who had 867-5309 and tried to sell it on ebay.

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   Anonymous Coward, May 19th, 2004 @ 12:05pm

   
   

   
   So in effect, you, I and countless other millions have paid billions of dollars for the privilege of transporting a leased phone number.

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   Oliver Wendell Jones, May 19th, 2004 @ 12:35pm

   
   

   And we're continuing to pay for it. I pay $2.20 per month for Phone Number Portability Fee on the two cell phones on my account, neither of which number was transferred or probably ever will be.

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   NOBODY, May 19th, 2004 @ 2:26pm

   
   

   Right, but you own the lease on the leased line. I think that's an important distinction. The same holds true with domain names. Why not e-mail?

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