Porting number problems - orange

grumbler

Fortunately for us, porting numbers in and out is not up to networks' "own policies" and 'industry';) practices.

This thread is about porting out and in, nothing more.

And again, you are suggesting me to contact the network that I have no dealing with for some mysterious 'policy' that is likely to be non-existent in the first place.
If such 'policy' exists' and affects the customers' ability to port numbers in and out, it has to be published, not to be available on request.

And don't start telling me about 'backdoor upgrades', please. Yes, the network has a right to deny commission to the retailer or affiliate company that will deny the cashback to the customer in their turn if it was a cashback deal. That's it. Porting has nothing to do with this.

Buzby

Unfortunately, the thread is about a number migration (not porting).

Sadly, the rest of us live in the real world where we find alternative ways to get things done, than bang our heads or threaten court action. Life is too short.

grumbler

No, it was not.
The OP did mention that it was annoying that

Killa78 wrote: »

...orange won't let me transfer my old number ....

However, the main concern was that

I've been told I can port away from orange, and then back but orange say I have to have used the PAYG sim for at least 3 months.

Hence, the main and the only question:

Which network will let me switch to them, and back to orange ASAP?

Learn reading at last and answering the questions that were asked.

oopsadaisydoddle

It is not just about porting in and out though.

What OP has been told is correct (although when i worked there there you only had to be on PAYG for 24 hours.

Orange are not refusing to let OP port - they just have to port to somewhere else before they can port back in.

If they did it where they allowed customers to get the benefits of a new contract but just allocated their old number to it then it is a number allocation query. Technically possible, but not probable and Orange don't have to allow it.

Killa78

I think I may as well try to port to Tmobile and back then.

No harm in trying.

The deal's decent enough to warrant a new number imo but it had to be a bloody awful one lol