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Keep your number and get the best new customer deals!

My company wanted £70 to upgrade my phone despite me telling them that I could get a free phone and 8 months cheap line rental as a new customer.
What you have to do is transfer your number to a new (different) network on pay as you go, and then transferred it back (each change takes a week).

It's a bit of a faff, but I got a new phone and will save over £300 this year compared to just staying put as an existing customer on the same £40 per month contract taht I am currently on. In my experience, by far the best deals are advertised in the back pages of the tabloid press.

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  • Steve_xx
    Steve_xx Posts: 7,008 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    The alternative is to simply get another handset on a new number. Then on the PAYG handset you leave a message on your answerphone to the effect that your number has now changed to............................
  • Woby_Tide
    Woby_Tide Posts: 5,346 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    you must have a fancy phone that answers text messages by itself, cool
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