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  1. #1
    Craig Cockburn
    Guest
    Hi

    I have an old 2g sim and want to upgrade it to a 3g sim and keep the
    same phone number. Is there any way to do this without getting my phone
    company to send me one as they are insisting I upgrade the phone to do
    this, which I don't want to do (my existing phone is 3g compatible and
    the phone company doesn't offer that model)

    thanks
    --
    Craig Cockburn ("coburn"). M.Sc., CITP, CEng
    Owner, http://www.siliconglen.com/
    Home to the first online guide to Scotland, founded 1994.
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  2. #2
    Neil - Usenet
    Guest

    Re: 3g sim


    "Craig Cockburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Hi
    >
    > I have an old 2g sim and want to upgrade it to a 3g sim and keep the same
    > phone number. Is there any way to do this without getting my phone company
    > to send me one as they are insisting I upgrade the phone to do this, which
    > I don't want to do (my existing phone is 3g compatible and the phone
    > company doesn't offer that model)
    >
    > thanks
    > --
    > Craig Cockburn ("coburn"). M.Sc., CITP, CEng
    > Owner, http://www.siliconglen.com/
    > Home to the first online guide to Scotland, founded 1994.
    > Scottish blog, FAQ, weddings, website design, stop spam and more!



    it would help if you said who your provider is????






  3. #3
    Craig Cockburn
    Guest

    Re: 3g sim

    In message <[email protected]>, Neil -
    Usenet <[email protected]> writes
    >
    >"Craig Cockburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected]...
    >> Hi
    >>
    >> I have an old 2g sim and want to upgrade it to a 3g sim and keep the same
    >> phone number. Is there any way to do this without getting my phone company
    >> to send me one as they are insisting I upgrade the phone to do this, which
    >> I don't want to do (my existing phone is 3g compatible and the phone
    >> company doesn't offer that model)
    >>
    >> thanks
    >> --
    >> Craig Cockburn ("coburn"). M.Sc., CITP, CEng
    >> Owner, http://www.siliconglen.com/
    >> Home to the first online guide to Scotland, founded 1994.
    >> Scottish blog, FAQ, weddings, website design, stop spam and more!

    >
    >
    >it would help if you said who your provider is????
    >

    Orange.

    --
    Craig Cockburn ("coburn"). M.Sc., CITP, CEng
    Owner, http://www.siliconglen.com/
    Home to the first online guide to Scotland, founded 1994.
    Scottish blog, FAQ, weddings, website design, stop spam and more!



  4. #4
    Dave C
    Guest

    Re: 3g sim

    Craig Cockburn wrote:
    > In message <[email protected]>, Neil -
    > Usenet <[email protected]> writes
    >
    >>
    >> "Craig Cockburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:[email protected]...
    >>
    >>> Hi
    >>>
    >>> I have an old 2g sim and want to upgrade it to a 3g sim and keep the
    >>> same
    >>> phone number. Is there any way to do this without getting my phone
    >>> company
    >>> to send me one as they are insisting I upgrade the phone to do this,
    >>> which
    >>> I don't want to do (my existing phone is 3g compatible and the phone
    >>> company doesn't offer that model)
    >>>
    >>> thanks


    >> it would help if you said who your provider is????
    >>

    > Orange.
    >

    Orange will not supply 3G sims on their own if you are on contract.

    --
    Dave C



  5. #5
    Neil - Usenet
    Guest

    Re: 3g sim


    "Craig Cockburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news[email protected]...
    > In message <[email protected]>, Neil -
    > Usenet <[email protected]> writes
    >>
    >>"Craig Cockburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >>news:[email protected]...
    >>> Hi
    >>>
    >>> I have an old 2g sim and want to upgrade it to a 3g sim and keep the
    >>> same
    >>> phone number. Is there any way to do this without getting my phone
    >>> company
    >>> to send me one as they are insisting I upgrade the phone to do this,
    >>> which
    >>> I don't want to do (my existing phone is 3g compatible and the phone
    >>> company doesn't offer that model)
    >>>
    >>> thanks
    >>> --
    >>> Craig Cockburn ("coburn"). M.Sc., CITP, CEng
    >>> Owner, http://www.siliconglen.com/
    >>> Home to the first online guide to Scotland, founded 1994.
    >>> Scottish blog, FAQ, weddings, website design, stop spam and more!

    >>
    >>
    >>it would help if you said who your provider is????
    >>

    > Orange.
    >
    > --
    > Craig Cockburn ("coburn"). M.Sc., CITP, CEng
    > Owner, http://www.siliconglen.com/
    > Home to the first online guide to Scotland, founded 1994.
    > Scottish blog, FAQ, weddings, website design, stop spam and more!



    contract - do the upgrade, sell the new fone and put 3g sim in your old 1.
    pay go- go orange shop, buy 3g sim and take it away. then fone the upgrade
    team and process as normal as in keeping your number to repace a faulty sim
    ;-) this is the way i had to do my payg.





  6. #6
    Craig Cockburn
    Guest

    Re: 3g sim

    In message <[email protected]>, Neil -
    Usenet <[email protected]> writes
    >
    >contract - do the upgrade, sell the new fone and put 3g sim in your old 1.
    >pay go- go orange shop, buy 3g sim and take it away. then fone the upgrade
    >team and process as normal as in keeping your number to repace a faulty sim
    >;-) this is the way i had to do my payg.
    >

    I guess technically I'm on a contract as I'm not on PAYG.

    I'm on the OVP Virgin tariff and typically spend about £10 a month on
    calls although this is temporarily about £50/month.
    --
    Craig Cockburn ("coburn"). M.Sc., CITP, CEng
    Owner, http://www.siliconglen.com/
    Home to the first online guide to Scotland, founded 1994.
    Scottish blog, FAQ, weddings, website design, stop spam and more!



  7. #7

    Re: 3g sim


    Straight away I saw your post, I guessed you were probably on Orange!

    I'm likely to be in a similar situation fairly soon.

    Does anybody know what will happen if I lose/damage my 2g sim?

    I know there will probably be a charge for a replacement sim (£10?),
    but will the replacement sim from Orange be 2g or 3g, or should I wait
    a bit longer until all Orange sims are 3g capable?

    Regards

    Simon Clark
    Business Telecoms




  8. #8
    Craig Cockburn
    Guest

    Re: 3g sim

    In message <[email protected]>,
    [email protected] writes
    >
    >Straight away I saw your post, I guessed you were probably on Orange!
    >
    >I'm likely to be in a similar situation fairly soon.
    >
    >Does anybody know what will happen if I lose/damage my 2g sim?
    >
    >I know there will probably be a charge for a replacement sim (£10?),
    >but will the replacement sim from Orange be 2g or 3g, or should I wait
    >a bit longer until all Orange sims are 3g capable?
    >

    Related to this, can I just order a duplicate sim anyway so that if my
    phone is lost/stolen I can use the duplicate sim in a spare handset
    until my main phone is replaced?

    --
    Craig Cockburn ("coburn"). M.Sc., CITP, CEng
    Owner, http://www.siliconglen.com/
    Home to the first online guide to Scotland, founded 1994.
    Scottish blog, FAQ, weddings, website design, stop spam and more!



  9. #9
    Chris Boyd
    Guest

    Re: 3g sim

    On 2007-01-05 23:51:15 +0000, Craig Cockburn <[email protected]> said:

    > In message <[email protected]>,
    > [email protected] writes
    >>
    >> Straight away I saw your post, I guessed you were probably on Orange!
    >>
    >> I'm likely to be in a similar situation fairly soon.
    >>
    >> Does anybody know what will happen if I lose/damage my 2g sim?
    >>
    >> I know there will probably be a charge for a replacement sim (£10?),
    >> but will the replacement sim from Orange be 2g or 3g, or should I wait
    >> a bit longer until all Orange sims are 3g capable?
    >>

    > Related to this, can I just order a duplicate sim anyway so that if my
    > phone is lost/stolen I can use the duplicate sim in a spare handset
    > until my main phone is replaced?


    Q1 - You'll get a 2G replacement all the time while you have a 2G
    handset registered on your account. All Orange SIMs won't be 3G SIMs
    until either they stop selling 2G phones, or they decide to just use
    USIMs for everything. First one is a long long way off, and I don't
    believe the second one is likely. I know the other networks implement
    it differently, but I can't see Orange making a change.

    Q2 - You can only get a replacement SIM if you've actually lost one.
    If you order a replacement, the current SIM will be deactivated. IIRC
    I remember reading that a selection of customers on Orange Premier were
    given spare SIMs to quickly get set-up again if needs be. This never
    went any further than that as far as I'm aware though.





  10. #10
    Craig Cockburn
    Guest

    Re: 3g sim

    In message <2007010602495716807-chrisbboyd@NOSPAMgmailcom>, Chris Boyd
    <[email protected]> writes
    >On 2007-01-05 23:51:15 +0000, Craig Cockburn <[email protected]> said:
    >
    >> In message <[email protected]>,
    >>[email protected] writes
    >>> Straight away I saw your post, I guessed you were probably on
    >>>Orange!
    >>> I'm likely to be in a similar situation fairly soon.
    >>> Does anybody know what will happen if I lose/damage my 2g sim?
    >>> I know there will probably be a charge for a replacement sim
    >>>(£10?),
    >>> but will the replacement sim from Orange be 2g or 3g, or should I wait
    >>> a bit longer until all Orange sims are 3g capable?
    >>>

    >> Related to this, can I just order a duplicate sim anyway so that if
    >>my phone is lost/stolen I can use the duplicate sim in a spare handset
    >>until my main phone is replaced?

    >
    >Q1 - You'll get a 2G replacement all the time while you have a 2G
    >handset registered on your account. All Orange SIMs won't be 3G SIMs
    >until either they stop selling 2G phones, or they decide to just use
    >USIMs for everything. First one is a long long way off, and I don't
    >believe the second one is likely. I know the other networks implement
    >it differently, but I can't see Orange making a change.
    >
    >Q2 - You can only get a replacement SIM if you've actually lost one.
    >If you order a replacement, the current SIM will be deactivated. IIRC
    >I remember reading that a selection of customers on Orange Premier were
    >given spare SIMs to quickly get set-up again if needs be. This never
    >went any further than that as far as I'm aware though.
    >

    Fair enough, but if I want a 3G sim is there any phone shops/ tottenham
    court road etc which will do this for me if I take in the old one?

    Craig
    --
    Craig Cockburn ("coburn"). M.Sc., CITP, CEng
    Owner, http://www.siliconglen.com/
    Home to the first online guide to Scotland, founded 1994.
    Scottish blog, FAQ, weddings, website design, stop spam and more!



  11. #11
    Jack Torrence
    Guest

    Re: 3g sim

    "Craig Cockburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Hi
    >
    > I have an old 2g sim and want to upgrade it to a 3g sim and keep the same
    > phone number. Is there any way to do this without getting my phone company
    > to send me one as they are insisting I upgrade the phone to do this, which
    > I don't want to do (my existing phone is 3g compatible and the phone
    > company doesn't offer that model)


    I think the only way you could get what you want is to port to another
    networks PAYG then port back to Orange on contract with 3g phone (should be
    able to find a cashback deal that basically pays your line rental).





  12. #12
    James Lewis
    Guest

    Re: 3g sim

    at least vodafone dont have 3g sims, all 2g to access all services.





  13. #13
    LeeJS
    Guest

    Re: 3g sim

    On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 22:26:53 +0000, Craig Cockburn
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >>contract - do the upgrade, sell the new fone and put 3g sim in your old 1.
    >>pay go- go orange shop, buy 3g sim and take it away. then fone the upgrade
    >>team and process as normal as in keeping your number to repace a faulty sim
    >>;-) this is the way i had to do my payg.
    >>

    >I guess technically I'm on a contract as I'm not on PAYG.
    >
    >I'm on the OVP Virgin tariff and typically spend about £10 a month on
    >calls although this is temporarily about £50/month.


    You might as well forget it. Orange don't want your custom and will
    use every trick in the book to get you to let go of this tariff. I've
    just left them for exactly the same reason and gone to T-Mobile.

    Lee.
    --
    lee at w2designs dot co dot uk

    If I have one flaw, it's that I'm a perfectoinist.




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