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From: edw@ihlpf.UUCP (Ed Windes)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: "Auctioning" a telephone number?
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Date: Thu, 8-Oct-87 11:00:59 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  8 11:00:59 1987
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Summary: no can do.



> 						... I would think that
> the estate should profit somehow from the value of this number -- that 
> it should be able to offer to turn it over to a new business that is in
> that exchange area (or do such geographic restrictions on an exchange no
> longer apply?) for some finanial consideration, so the estate gets the
> benefit rather than the telco.

The telco owns the telephone number, this is explained in your phone
book (at least it's in mine).  You can't sell it.