On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:35:02 +0100, Charlie Mitchell
<jm2@charleem.co.uk> wrote:

>Jon wrote:
>> noone@nowhere.com declared for all the world to hear...
>>> Looking on RM's site for a new Cashback deal I had a look at both Cool
>>> New Mobile and Phonebox Direct but neither of them can accept porting
>>> to Vodaphone ( and O2 in the case of CNB.
>>> Can anyone explain why this might be . ?
>>
>> Vodafone do not allow previously ported-out vodafone numbers to port
>> back in. So it's easier for the retailer to avoid it altogether.
>
>Utter utter rubbish.
>
>You can port your number out and in as many times as you like,
>the one thing that Vodafone do do differently to the other
>networks though is that when you port to Vodafone, they don't
>give you a "temporary" number.
>
>eg, go to Vodafone store on Monday 1st, give them your pac,
>do the deal, walk out with the phone, the phone wont actually
>be connected until the following Monday the 7th, this is so
>you don't end up paying 2 lots of line rental, all the other
>networks get you connected asap so's to start earning revenue
>immediately, with Voda you don't start paying until the phone
>is connected.
>
>One thing you cannot do with Vodafone is port a number in,
>once the line is already connected, you have to do it at
>connection unlike most of the other networks, that is very
>annoying.

I tried phoning Cool New Mobile and Phonebox Direct this morning but
they are closed for the holiday .It seems that they are one and the
same company as the menu options are exactly the same as are the
postal addresses.

Stuart .