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Thread ID: 88326	2008-03-23 21:07:00	Vodaphone Changing to Contract new number ?	Digby (677)	PC World Chat

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652117	2008-03-23 21:07:00	Hi Guys I am with Vodaphone prepay and am thinking about moving to a contract plan. It looks like I will have to get a new simm card and new phone number ! This would be a real pain. Is this true ? I would have though that with the new number portability rules this would no longer be necessary ! Regards Digby	Digby (677)
652118	2008-03-23 22:50:00	Hi Guys I am with Vodaphone prepay and am thinking about moving to a contract plan. It looks like I will have to get a new simm card and new phone number ! This would be a real pain. Is this true ? I would have though that with the new number portability rules this would no longer be necessary ! Regards Digby number portability doesn't work between prepay and account for vodafone, just been through this myself. I did get a number close	plod (107)
652119	2008-03-24 00:08:00	May I divert sideways with another question? Is it true that if you want to have a mobile purely for emergencies, Vodaphone prepay now makes you pay $20 every 3 months, instead of once a year?	Laura (43)
652120	2008-03-24 00:33:00	May I divert sideways with another question? Is it true that if you want to have a mobile purely for emergencies, Vodaphone prepay now makes you pay $20 every 3 months, instead of once a year? Actually that is now a trick they are paying, as by default they setup a prepay mobile sim card on the 3 month plan. However you can change it to the 12 month plan, which I think is what they call motormouth. They do also charge about $1.40 a minute to call a non vodafone mobile on this plan, so beware. I actually read that telecoms new network, they may have the exclusive contract to sell the iphone, as it is compatible with their new 3G network. Once this is setup, and they sign up a few resellers, we may actually get proper competition, as currently vodafone have a monopoly on the GSM technology, so can charge what they want. The good thing about telecom is that you can change between a prepay and contract without changing the number. Also I think that vodafone do have to allow for prepay numbers to be portable eventually.	robbyp (2751)
652121	2008-03-24 03:13:00	The problem is that pre-paid Vodafone numbers are 10-11 digits long while plan/contract numbers are 8-9 digits. So you couldn't keep the same number when changing between pre-paid and plan. Why they cant just call divert, I don't know.	beeswax34 (63)
652122	2008-03-24 04:17:00	The problem is that pre-paid Vodafone numbers are 10-11 digits long while plan/contract numbers are 8-9 digits. So you couldn't keep the same number when changing between pre-paid and plan. Why they cant just call divert, I don't know. not true at all. the reason is vodafone don't have the systems set up in place to do it between their own network. I know people on plans with 10-11 digit numbers. You will have no problem going from vodafone prepay to a telecom plan	plod (107)
652123	2008-03-24 04:42:00	not true at all. the reason is vodafone don't have the systems set up in place to do it between their own network. I know people on plans with 10-11 digit numbers. You will have no problem going from vodafone prepay to a telecom plan No, on-plan customers definitely have a smaller no. Maybe its changed because they ran out of numbers. If you got on a plan before mid-2007, you should have a 8-9 digit number.	beeswax34 (63)
652124	2008-03-24 05:25:00	No, on-plan customers definitely have a smaller no. Maybe its changed because they ran out of numbers. If you got on a plan before mid-2007, you should have a 8-9 digit number. well I better tell some people to delete a few unneeded numbers.	plod (107)
652125	2008-03-24 05:37:00	No, on-plan customers definitely have a smaller no. Maybe its changed because they ran out of numbers. If you got on a plan before mid-2007, you should have a 8-9 digit number. That used to be the case, however I think they have been forced by the new laws, to make both prepaid and onaccount numbers portable, and between networks. I think it is however currently being worked on in some situations, due to v's old technology and systems.	robbyp (2751)
652126	2008-03-25 02:39:00	Actually that is now a trick they are paying, as by default they setup a prepay mobile sim card on the 3 month plan. However you can change it to the 12 month plan, which I think is what they call motormouth. They do also charge about $1.40 a minute to call a non vodafone mobile on this plan, so beware. I'm a little confused by the wording etc that Vodafone uses on its site. I'm on Motormouth and pay 49c/minute to other Vodafones, and I think to landlines. The minimum top up is $20 every year. The Vodafone site lists another plan (which I've forgotten the name of) which costs 89c/minute and requires a top up every 3 months, yet claims that it's cheaper. :confused:	Nermal (7077)
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