Porting number to Tesco Mobile

jessmist

Hi
I am currently on o2 simplicity pay & go paying £10 a month for 100 minutes and unlimited texts.
Tesco are doing the same for £6 a month.
I am wanting to keep my mobile number so i have got a pac code from o2.
How long does a transfer take? as i am off work next week and i am wanting to sort it out while i am off.
Would it be ok for me to pick up a pay & go sim from my local tesco store and then be able to transfer it onto the sim only deal straight away.

Thanks

Jon_01

Once you've got the Tesco sim, call their CS and give them your O2 pac and the mobile number of you Tesco sim.

A port takes a max of 3 working days. Your O2 sim with die and within a few hours (or so) the number will move over to the Tesco sim. And that's it.

jessmist

So it will be ok to pick up a sim instore and then just ring customer services.

Jon_01

I don't see why not?

If you need to call in to CS to activate the sim (I don't know if you do or not), you can give them the pac at the same time.

Did O2 tell you that the pac only last for 30 days, after that you need a new one ?

jessmist

Jon_01 wrote: »

I don't see why not?

If you need to call in to CS to activate the sim (I don't know if you do or not), you can give them the pac at the same time.

Did O2 tell you that the pac only last for 30 days, after that you need a new one ?

Yes i have to the 17th november to use the code and as i am off work next week i thought that would be the best time to switch over,and i was thinking that if i picked a sim up instore it would save time in waiting for tesco to send me one.
Thanks for your help.

Jon_01

Good luck, come on back if you have any problems (there aren't as a rule). . .

barjam_2

are you aware that tesco's unlimited text fair usage is 3000 compared to o2's 12000, one of my boys uses loads of texts so i 'm keeping him on o2 but my other son is moving to the £6 tesco sim as he doesn't use as much

jessmist

barjam wrote: »

are you aware that tesco's unlimited text fair usage is 3000 compared to o2's 12000, one of my boys uses loads of texts so i 'm keeping him on o2 but my other son is moving to the £6 tesco sim as he doesn't use as much

Ye i was aware of the limit but i will never send anything like that amount.