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Making a flash-cut switch to a new number portability administrator “would mean a total reset of this complex system,” and could cost the industry more than half a billion dollars, The Standish Group said in a report funded by Neustar…

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(http://bit.ly/KDDPfa). “The Standish Group does not see any real value in replacing Neustar with a new NPAC vendor except for possible cost savings,” it said. “Cost savings usually is not a good reason to replace a specialized mission-critical service. Cost savings is more fruitful for commodity services and products. It is our opinion that a change in vendors will be more likely to cause increased costs and no savings.” Neustar publicized the report on its blog Tuesday (http://bit.ly/KDDUzh).