CKL's HotSheet What Non-Aardvarks are Pondering
	[Previous entry: "after The Game is over"] [Main Index] [Next entry: "Angel For Sale"] 11/03/2003 Archived Entry: "You can have my cell phone number when you pry it from my cold, dead hands." Posted by CKL @ 03:35 PM PST Just in time for the holidays: Beginning Nov. 24, cell phone customers will be able to keep their old phone number when signing up with a new carrier... "Local number portability" is expected to lead to unprecedented churn, new marketing campaigns by carriers and possibly a new round of consolidation. -- CNET News.com Let's hear it for small victories! I personally think there are larger and more unavoidable annoyances associated with mobile phones-- e.g., when you upgrade to a newer, cooler phone, how do you carry over all your stored numbers and other data?-- but this is a step in the right direction. The best possible thing would be for more consumer choice to produce smarter consumers.
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