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PAC code after Mobile network goes bankrupt?

bery_451
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I like to know what are the customer rights when it comes to obtaining PAC codes after a mobile network company like Ovivo for example to go bust/bankrupt?

How do you obtain a PAC code if a situation like this ever occurs?
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  • pepdavies
    pepdavies Posts: 444 Forumite
    I know i'm not answering your question but I assume there would be warning signs that Ovivo was in trouble. They would reduce allowances or raise prices before going bust. Then everyone could get out quick!
  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    AFAIK some people lost their numbers in the past as there are no any rights.
  • d123
    d123 Posts: 8,747 Forumite
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    The last example of this I can think of was Easy Mobile, and most people ported out without a problem (the only people to lose numbers failed to arrange a port before shutdown).
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  • Techhead_2
    Techhead_2 Posts: 1,769 Forumite
    So far it's only been MVNO that have gone under, where they haven't made provisions the host networks have stepped in where possible.
    There have been some people who have lost numbers when porting errors have occurred coincident with the network shutting down.
  • flashnazia
    flashnazia Posts: 2,168 Forumite
    Anyone else who was with Ovivo worried they might lose their number?
    Have completed their form but not convinced they will send a PAC.
    "fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." (Bertrand Russell)
  • tsmiller62
    tsmiller62 Posts: 53 Forumite
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    I only signed up a week ago! I not only want my number but I want my money back!!!
  • MikeWhite
    MikeWhite Posts: 624 Forumite
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    flashnazia wrote: »
    Anyone else who was with Ovivo worried they might lose their number?
    Have completed their form but not convinced they will send a PAC.

    I am slightly worried, I suppose. I too have completed the form. I imagine someone has the job today of generating PAC numbers one by one. Could take a long time......
  • eacesar
    eacesar Posts: 33 Forumite
    I am really worried I will loose my number, which is main main number I've been using for over a decade.
  • Earthworm
    Earthworm Posts: 529 Forumite
    I dont get it. They are openly offering PACs... Why is everyone worried they are gonna lose their number?
  • Ypaymore
    Ypaymore Posts: 2,802 Forumite
    eacesar wrote: »
    I am really worried I will loose my number, which is main main number I've been using for over a decade.

    Dont panic.People are reporting that pac codes are arriving if applied for.;)
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