said by TKJunkMail :

I don't agree with the FCC decision on this one, though the fact they actually ruled for the cable industry for a change was pleasantly surprising.

Verizon went too far by DELAYING the phone number port process and that should be prohibited. But preventing them from trying to convince customers not to switch goes too far in my opinion. As long as Verizon doesn't slow down the port process, they should have their 1 chance at convincing a user not to switch. After all, cable does this all the time - trying to keep users from switching their TV & internet service to a telco.

So while the decision may have legal backing in the law regulating telephone service, it isn't developing a level playing field between the telcos & cable companies in their competition for triple play customers