I finally broke down and called to ask about number assignments. I got the same "3 weeks" answer that was given 4 days ago (grrr). I politely explained that "I know it's not going to change anything or make it any quicker, but a lot of us are waiting for license numbers before we can get promotions or raises, so this is costing each of us hundreds of dollars in potential earnings each week, which is particularly unfortunate around the holidays." I was then told that it always takes them this long to issue numbers for 700 people, but I looked back through the EB boards for the last 5-6 cycles, and numbers were previously issued within the first 1-2 weeks, so I 100% call bull on that, but they were very insistent that it ALWAYS takes this long. It's so incredibly frustrating. Anyway, I thought I'd share the "latest" info. Sorry, guys...