Porting number to same network through another network

Hi guys,

I have a problem. I would like to keep my number and remain on the same
network (Orange).

However Orange have made a derisory offer for me to stay, and I can
save several hundred pounds if I start a new contract with them.

What I need to do is start a new Orange contract, port my old orange
number to another network's PAYG, then port it from there to my new
orange phone.

This is must be a reasonably commom problem. Does anyone have any
suggestions for which PAYG network will be best for porting to and from
very quickly.

Thanks very much for your help,

Jonathan

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[email protected] wrote:

> I have a problem. I would like to keep my number and remain on the same
> network (Orange).

> However Orange have made a derisory offer for me to stay, and I can
> save several hundred pounds if I start a new contract with them.

> What I need to do is start a new Orange contract, port my old orange
> number to another network's PAYG, then port it from there to my new
> orange phone.

> This is must be a reasonably commom problem. Does anyone have any
> suggestions for which PAYG network will be best for porting to and from
> very quickly.

Doesn't sound like much of a problem - you already know what to do. I
use Virgin and have done exactly what you describe above twice in the
last few months (with 2 different numbers).

Tariq

[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> However Orange have made a derisory offer for me to stay

Perhaps you spend next to nothing? Decent spenders get decent offers.

> This is must be a reasonably commom problem. Does anyone have any
> suggestions for which PAYG network will be best for porting to and from
> very quickly.

WHy not just go to Orange PAYG, then you can wait one day and rejoin as
a new customer.
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Regards
Jon

Jon <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>> However Orange have made a derisory offer for me to stay
>
> Perhaps you spend next to nothing? Decent spenders get decent offers.
>
>> This is must be a reasonably commom problem. Does anyone have any
>> suggestions for which PAYG network will be best for porting to and
from
>> very quickly.
>
> WHy not just go to Orange PAYG, then you can wait one day and rejoin as
> a new customer.

How quickly can you port back to another network once your number is on
Virgin and do you have to any more into the PAYG account before doing so
- card comes with £5.

Thanks

"Jon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>> However Orange have made a derisory offer for me to stay
>
> Perhaps you spend next to nothing? Decent spenders get decent offers.

Not in my experience they don't. If Orange were a reputable company *all
deals would be transparent instead of the present arrangement of bartering
with various faceless 'customer service reps' when a contract is nearing
it's end. Orange fail to grasp how the importance of any spender, decent or
not, is to a successful business.

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SR

don'[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> > Perhaps you spend next to nothing? Decent spenders get decent offers.

> Not in my experience they don't.

They do, it just depends on your definition of decent.

> If Orange were a reputable company *all
> deals would be transparent instead of the present arrangement of bartering
> with various faceless 'customer service reps'

You barter with a computer, not a rep.

> when a contract is nearing
> it's end. Orange fail to grasp how the importance of any spender, decent or
> not, is to a successful business.

Low spenders are actually a drain, it costs money to sustain them when
they upgrade every 12 months and spend £15 per month. Those are
customers that no network wants.
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Regards
Jon

"Jon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>
>> This is must be a reasonably commom problem. Does anyone have any
>> suggestions for which PAYG network will be best for porting to and from
>> very quickly.
>
> WHy not just go to Orange PAYG, then you can wait one day and rejoin as
> a new customer.

To keep the same number, as mentioned by the OP in the original post.

"Jon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> don'[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>> > Perhaps you spend next to nothing? Decent spenders get decent offers.
>
>> Not in my experience they don't.
>
> They do, it just depends on your definition of decent.

£50 a month was my last contract average (£30 basic + extra call carges).
Let's not forget you're providing a mobile phone network, not a mortgage for
bricks and mortar.

>
>> If Orange were a reputable company *all
>> deals would be transparent instead of the present arrangement of
>> bartering
>> with various faceless 'customer service reps'
>
> You barter with a computer, not a rep.
>
>> when a contract is nearing
>> it's end. Orange fail to grasp how the importance of any spender, decent
>> or
>> not, is to a successful business.
>
> Low spenders are actually a drain, it costs money to sustain them when
> they upgrade every 12 months and spend £15 per month. Those are
> customers that no network wants.
> --
> Regards
> Jon

Well why don't Orange advertise the fact that unless a customer is prepared
to spend a minimum of £50 a month they won't get a contract?

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SR

"Jack Torrence" <room217[at]overlook.freeserve.co.uk> declared for all
the world to hear...
> > WHy not just go to Orange PAYG, then you can wait one day and rejoin as
> > a new customer.
>
> To keep the same number, as mentioned by the OP in the original post.

If you went to Orange JT then back again you would keep the same number,
avoid messing about with PC codes and hove to spend a only a minimum of
a couple of minutes on pay as you go.,
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Regards
Jon

don'[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> Well why don't Orange advertise the fact that unless a customer is prepared
> to spend a minimum of £50 a month they won't get a contract?

Customers who spend less than that can still make the networks money,
but there's more to it than that. There comes a point where it's not
worth hanging to a customer, and that point is not based on spend alone.
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Regards
Jon

"Jon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> don'[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> > Well why don't Orange advertise the fact that unless a
> > customer is prepared to spend a minimum of £50 a month
> > they won't get a contract?
>
> Customers who spend less than that can still make the
> networks money, but there's more to it than that. There
> comes a point where it's not worth hanging to a customer,
> and that point is not based on spend alone.

What about providing a service..? People who don't spend a fortune every
month are just as entitled to a phone service as those who do.

Ivor

"Jon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> don'[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>> Well why don't Orange advertise the fact that unless a customer is
>> prepared
>> to spend a minimum of £50 a month they won't get a contract?
>
> Customers who spend less than that can still make the networks money,
> but there's more to it than that. There comes a point where it's not
> worth hanging to a customer, and that point is not based on spend alone.
> --
> Regards
> Jon

But no one knows where that point is, which reinforces my earlier point
about the lack of transparency. Just my opinion, but a network as big as
Orange acting like some dubious double glazing company when it comes to
pricing products has me wondering about the future of mobile comms.

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SR

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:03:01 GMT, "eadg" <don'[email protected]> wrote:

>Well why don't Orange advertise the fact that unless a customer is prepared
>to spend a minimum of £50 a month they won't get a contract?

It's not that you need to spend a lot to have a contract, just that
you need to spend a lot to make it sensible to subsidise a handset
replacement.

For once, I agree with Orange. If you're not putting a lot of profit
their way, why expect them to give you a new phone each year?

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Iain
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"Jon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Jack Torrence" <room217[at]overlook.freeserve.co.uk> declared for all
> the world to hear...
>> > WHy not just go to Orange PAYG, then you can wait one day and rejoin as
>> > a new customer.
>>
>> To keep the same number, as mentioned by the OP in the original post.
>
> If you went to Orange JT then back again you would keep the same number,
> avoid messing about with PC codes and hove to spend a only a minimum of
> a couple of minutes on pay as you go.,

....and not be able to benefit from the multitude of deals offered for new
customers?