Porting my orange number to same ntwk

pana37

hi my contract runs out the end of the month cant find any good deals on o2 or other networks, i have 200 xnet anytime with no txt on ORANGE. im looking at orange again with a min of 200xnet anytime 12m free/free-ish cashback deal.

i believe i need to get a PAYG sim from another provider and then transfer the number back to orange.

How easy is this to do? are there any providers that dont charge to port number off back to orange.

sorry so many questions
plse help
TIA

Woby_Tide

Virgin don't charge and are generally quite efficient at porting in and out, their sims tend to have £5 free credit too which can cover a bit of while you are with them

pana37

how do i get a virgin sim?

xycom1

Go into a Virgin shop or wait until one of the Virgin free SIM offers comes around again.

For information, I ported a number out from Orange to Virgin (completed last Monday). Rang Virgin on Thursday to get a PAC number and they issued it straight away. Rang Orange on Friday morning to give them the PAC, so the number will be back on Orange next Friday. Less than 2 weeks turnaround.

Woby_Tide

pana37 wrote:

how do i get a virgin sim?

from Virgin or Ebay or a mobile phone shop or search on google, it's quite a well known company

Jarlawuk

I know 3g don't let you bring the number back onto the network within 12 months of you ending your contract even if you go payg then back, so I'd think that there is something similar in place for all the networks. I'd research it more if I was you...

knuckledragger

Jarlawuk,
Tmobile allowed me to port to an O2 PAYG and then back to Tmobile within 3 weeks.