Keeping number via pac paying remainder of contract over full minimum term

tokaten

I want to leave o2. I have 18 months remaining. My idea was to take the data bolt on off. Buy a 12 month sim with three for £6.90 a month. Works out roughly the same price in total per month. Is there any way I can keep the number without paying the early termination fee in one hit ? Or would I have to use the new number from three in order to keep paying the reduced monthly amount on the o2 account ? Hope that makes sense!

d123

tokaten wrote: »

I want to leave o2. I have 18 months remaining. My idea was to take the data bolt on off. Buy a 12 month sim with three for £6.90 a month. Works out roughly the same price in total per month. Is there any way I can keep the number without paying the early termination fee in one hit ? Or would I have to use the new number from three in order to keep paying the reduced monthly amount on the o2 account ? Hope that makes sense!

You would need to terminate the line at O2 to transfer the number (it's part of the process of porting).

The only way to get a PAC is to agree to the early termination charge.

tokaten

I knew that really. Just wondered if there was any way that anyone knew to leave the account dormant so to speak for the remainder of the minimum term, paying the monthly amount. Gonna have to use the new number from three. Thanks anyways!

d123

tokaten wrote: »

I knew that really. Just wondered if there was any way that anyone knew to leave the account dormant so to speak for the remainder of the minimum term, paying the monthly amount. Gonna have to use the new number from three. Thanks anyways!

Unfortunately not, while it is probably theoretically possible, no network would allow it.

diamonds

tokaten wrote: »

I knew that really. Just wondered if there was any way that anyone knew to leave the account dormant so to speak for the remainder of the minimum term, paying the monthly amount. Gonna have to use the new number from three. Thanks anyways!

I've done this before and left the old unused sim in a cheap payg, leave your new 3 number on the o2 voicemail and divert all calls ALWAYS to your o2 voicemail, periodically check the texts on the phone, and pay it off monthly instead of a lump sum.