In article <5l5160F6cjqeU1@mid.individual.net>, Tim Rogers
<nospam@sapm.net> writes
>
>"fred" <not@for.mail> wrote in message news:SalE6JAalS7GFw4f@y.z...
>> In article <5l4kvrF6d02rU1@mid.individual.net>, Tim Rogers
>> <nospam@sapm.net> writes
>>>If you've got an Orange Out here on payg Orange (5 free textx a day) then
>>>beware of the SIM update. Make sure you change your Message centre number
>>>from the one that ends in 979 rather than 973.
>>>
>>>It's happened to two of my phones over the last couple of days!
>>>
>> Do you mean change _to_ ending 979. Mine is currently ending 973 but
>> don't know what it was before. At a guess, does the change kill the 5
>> free?
>> I'll understand if you don't want to elaborate too much.
>
>+447973100979 is the message centre that Orange Out here customers use.
>Occasionally when there is a SIM update the message centre reverts to
>+447973100973 which if used by 'Out here' customers does not give the 5 free
>texts a day.
>
Thank you, after changing the number back and sending a txt today I can
confirm I am back on 5 free.

>Not sure why I shouldn't elaborate too much about this??
>
I couldn't possibly comment ;-)

Apologies to Ivor on missing his earlier post (Aug 29) on the same subject,
Tim's struck home as I had only just received the SIM update.
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fred
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