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	Title		: Number Portability in the United States
	Author(s)	: M. Foster, J. Yu
	Filename	: draft-foster-e164-gstn-npusa-00.txt
	Pages		: 17
	Date		: 22-Nov-00
	
This document provides a historical as well as practical overview of the 
implementation of Number Portability in the United States. There are various regulatory constraints that establish relevant parameters for NP implementation, most of which are not network technology specific. Though this document discusses the implementation of NP in the United States it is offered as relevant for discussions in numerous areas of IP telephony work-in-progress at IETF.

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