LNP Fees Dropping
This may shock some people, but Verizon Wireless and Sprint both say they’re going to start reducing the local number portability fees they charge, saying that the costs of handling LNP has dropped considerably. As the article notes, this is going to make any carrier that doesn’t drop their fees look like they’re simply trying to use the fees as extra revenue — something many of the carriers have been accused of doing in the past.