Number porting possibilities

(Apologies if there is or has been a recent thread covering this, but I
didn't spot any...)

I have just reached the end of a 12-month cashback deal on O2 with
Mobileshop. I am wavering over the wisdom of another cashback deal as
the T&Cs seem to be getting more complicated and numerous and I keep
reading stories of other people getting into difficulties. Also, some
retailers are moving to 18-month deals which to me merely increases the
risk with no reward. (Having said all this, I have had no trouble with
Mobileshop throughout the contract.)

While I prevaricate endlessly over the options, I intend to get a PAC
and decamp temporarily to a PAYG network, most likely Tesco. Some
quick questions:

a) Any problems porting from O2 contract to Tesco (they are the same
network underneath) ?
a) Any problems porting from Tesco back to a contract deal, including
O2 ?
b) Any problems porting from Tesco back to a different PAYG deal ?

If I return to a new contract, I'll probably do it a month or so after
temporarily jumping ship.

I may decide to stay with O2 if they can come up with a reasonable deal
on a SE K800i (I've had my T610 for a few years now and fancy an
upgrade), or even with no phone at all, but would like to be sure I
don't leave and land in an awkward place.

TIA.

--
"Always draw your curves, then plot the data."

>
> I may decide to stay with O2 if they can come up with a reasonable deal
> on a SE K800i (I've had my T610 for a few years now and fancy an
> upgrade), or even with no phone at all, but would like to be sure I
> don't leave and land in an awkward place.
>
> TIA.
>

Hey, I was in a very similar position with o2.

Was calling for a pac number to go to virgin (300 mins and 300 txt with
a rubbish phone for £10 a month)

They offered me 500 mins and 400 txts, for £15 a month, and an equally
rubbish phone. Didnt like the phone so they offered the same but with
£100 credit in my o2 account instead of the phone.

So, £180, 12*£15, less £100 credit is £80 a year or about £6.50 a month
for 500 mins.

It certainly did the trick for me... no more mesing around with cashbacks.

charlie

topgooner71 wrote:
> >
> > I may decide to stay with O2 if they can come up with a reasonable deal
> > on a SE K800i (I've had my T610 for a few years now and fancy an
> > upgrade), or even with no phone at all, but would like to be sure I
> > don't leave and land in an awkward place.
> >
>
> Hey, I was in a very similar position with o2.
>
> Was calling for a pac number to go to virgin (300 mins and 300 txt with
> a rubbish phone for £10 a month)
>
> They offered me 500 mins and 400 txts, for £15 a month, and an equally
> rubbish phone. Didnt like the phone so they offered the same but with
> £100 credit in my o2 account instead of the phone.
>
> So, £180, 12*£15, less £100 credit is £80 a year or about £6.50 a month
> for 500 mins.
>
> It certainly did the trick for me... no more mesing around with cashbacks.

Thanks for the info. I have found some relatively inexpensive deals
for a K800i with either T-mobile (cheap rental) or O2 themselves (extra
goodies), so I will do some calculations and come up with some numbers
and challenge the retentions department to at least match the cheapest.

--
"How come wrong numbers are never busy?"

John Laird laid this down on his screen :
> (Apologies if there is or has been a recent thread covering this, but I
> didn't spot any...)
>
> I have just reached the end of a 12-month cashback deal on O2 with
> Mobileshop. I am wavering over the wisdom of another cashback deal as
> the T&Cs seem to be getting more complicated and numerous and I keep
> reading stories of other people getting into difficulties. Also, some
> retailers are moving to 18-month deals which to me merely increases the
> risk with no reward. (Having said all this, I have had no trouble with
> Mobileshop throughout the contract.)
>
> While I prevaricate endlessly over the options, I intend to get a PAC
> and decamp temporarily to a PAYG network, most likely Tesco. Some
> quick questions:
>
> a) Any problems porting from O2 contract to Tesco (they are the same
> network underneath) ?

I had none this way around.

> a) Any problems porting from Tesco back to a contract deal, including
> O2 ?

Porting back to O2 they forgot to port my voicemail (Tesco use O2's
network). Callers to me were getting sent to the Tesco voicemail that I
could not access.

> b) Any problems porting from Tesco back to a different PAYG deal ?
>
> If I return to a new contract, I'll probably do it a month or so after
> temporarily jumping ship.
>
> I may decide to stay with O2 if they can come up with a reasonable deal
> on a SE K800i (I've had my T610 for a few years now and fancy an
> upgrade), or even with no phone at all, but would like to be sure I
> don't leave and land in an awkward place.
>
> TIA.