Carriers eager to speed up the influx of fleeing landline customers (like T-Mobile and Comcast) have been pushing the FCC to shorten the landline number portability deadline from four days to twenty four hours. Wireless carriers often port your number to a new carrier in just hours, but landline operators often take four days -- which can stretch into a week (or longer) if the weekend, baby bell malaise, or incompetence is involved. Today the FCC listened, issuing adopting a Report and Order that would shorten the window. Comcast tells us they're "pleased" by the ruling, calling it a "pro-consumer and pro-competitive action." See FCC news release, and statements from Commissioners Copps, Adelstein and McDowell (all in pdf format).