Porting a number from Orange Contract to another Orange Contract

Hi,

I have been on an 18 month contract with Orange and is due to expire in
two weeks. I want to upgrade to the W910i but have been told this will
cost £100 to upgrade. I have noticed however if i join as a new customer
I will get the phone for free as well as £150 credit for my old phone
and a free ipod nano. I was told by the shop assistant however that if I
did this their is no way I could possibly keep my current phone number.
I'd appreciate any advice on how it might be possible for me to get the
deal for a new customer as well as being able to keep my current
number.

Thanks


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"jtay313" <jtay313.2zvhwd@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have been on an 18 month contract with Orange and is due to expire in
> two weeks. I want to upgrade to the W910i but have been told this will
> cost £100 to upgrade. I have noticed however if i join as a new customer
> I will get the phone for free as well as £150 credit for my old phone
> and a free ipod nano. I was told by the shop assistant however that if I
> did this their is no way I could possibly keep my current phone number.
> I'd appreciate any advice on how it might be possible for me to get the
> deal for a new customer as well as being able to keep my current
> number.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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You cannot port from Orange to Orange, what you will have to do is port out
to another network, stay a month and the port back to Orange. People
typically use Vigin for this or you could use O2's Simplicity contract as
you can cancel that after a month.

jtay313.2zvhwd@no-mx.wirelessforums.org declared for all the world to
hear...
>
> Hi,
>
> I have been on an 18 month contract with Orange and is due to expire in
> two weeks. I want to upgrade to the W910i but have been told this will
> cost £100 to upgrade. I have noticed however if i join as a new customer
> I will get the phone for free as well as £150 credit for my old phone
> and a free ipod nano.

The nano and the £150 credit are mutually exclusive, you can have one or
the other, not both.

> I was told by the shop assistant however that if I
> did this their is no way I could possibly keep my current phone number.

It would take considerable time but it is possible. However you will
have to get your new phone pretty sharpish as the nano promotion is
supposed to end at COB today.

> I'd appreciate any advice on how it might be possible for me to get the
> deal for a new customer as well as being able to keep my current
> number.

You would have to port out to another network, wait a bit and then port
back in.
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Regards
Jon

rh@no-spicedham.exelsys.com declared for all the world to hear...
> Orange tend to drive away customers like this.

If you spend little on your monthly bills, yes. Upgrade prices are
personalised to the spend profile of the user. If you spend a lot you
will get good prices, if you don't - you won't.
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Regards
Jon