in the wash/balt area all carries have to be ready nov 24th cingular will let you take your number over regadless of if your account is current, suspended, or still under contract (you will pay early termination fee if under contract) even prepaid and home numbers can carry over. theres not much detail on eligiblity, just that the FCC has told all carriers to make the trans smooth as possible. the downside it will take some time for the activation to complete up to 3hrs for (wireless port) and a day for (landline port). it will be crazy the first week most likely being that were going into black friday. but well see what happens