Porting Fax Numbers

I'm finally giving up on Orange after twelve years.

I know that I can port my mobile number to whichever new company I choose,
but I also have an Orange Answer Fax number which is published on business
cards and various other places. Is it possible to take a fax number to a
new phone supplier as well?

Cheers,

Dave...

On 28 Mar, 18:33, Dave Cross <d...@dave.org.uk> wrote:
> I'm finally giving up on Orange after twelve years.
>
> I know that I can port my mobile number to whichever new company I choose,
> but I also have an Orange Answer Fax number which is published on business
> cards and various other places. Is it possible to take a fax number to a
> new phone supplier as well?

Yes. A single PAC can cover your voice, fax and data numbers.

If you port to Vodafone, you can sign up for a vodafone.net account
which gives you a combined voice/fax/email mailbox. When signing up
your separate voice mailbox number and fax number is replaced with a
single number that is used for voice and fax. So bear in mind if you
take this option you will end up losing your original fax number
anyway. I am unsure as to what options other networks offer.

Andrew Woodvine

dave@dave.org.uk declared for all the world to hear...
>
> I'm finally giving up on Orange after twelve years.
>
> I know that I can port my mobile number to whichever new company I choose,
> but I also have an Orange Answer Fax number which is published on business
> cards and various other places. Is it possible to take a fax number to a
> new phone supplier as well?

An answerfax number isn't a real number, so the answer in no. If it was
a real MT fax number which caused your mobile to ring with "fax call"
then you could port it.
--
Regards
Jon

On 29 Mar, 07:29, Jon <s...@jonparker.plus.com> wrote:
> d...@dave.org.uk declared for all the world to hear...
>
>
>
> > I'm finally giving up on Orange after twelve years.
>
> > I know that I can port my mobile number to whichever new company I choose,
> > but I also have an Orange Answer Fax number which is published on business
> > cards and various other places. Is it possible to take a fax number to a
> > new phone supplier as well?
>
> An answerfax number isn't a real number, so the answer in no. If it was
> a real MT fax number which caused your mobile to ring with "fax call"
> then you could port it.

I see. An answerfax number is the same as a vodafone.net fax number
then as far as porting is concerned. I was right in yes you can port
a fax number, however you cannot port an answerfax number as this is
not a fax number in the conventional GSM sense.

Andrew Woodvine