Triangle porting with Tmobile

qqpas

Hi!

I have an old contract with T-mobile but am hoping to get a new one through a third party. As this is not technically an upgrade, they have said I can't keep the number. I'm therefore hoping to do a triangle port (T-mobile - other PAYG - T-mobile) but am unsure how long I should leave it before coming 'back' to T-mobile. On their website, "Whether the number is a recently disconnected T-Mobile number" is listed under the eligibility criteria for porting numbers. Does anyone have any experience/thoughts in this?

I know that this is an age-old question but as I haven't seen a thread for a while I thought I'd ask!

Many thanks

grumbler

qqpas wrote: »

.... On their website, "Whether the number is a recently disconnected T-Mobile number" is listed under the eligibility criteria for porting numbers. Does anyone have any experience/thoughts in this?

I know that this is an age-old question...

In fact it isn't. This is something really new. I wonder what Ofcom position is on this.

powerful_Rogue

Ive done it quite a few times in the past as ive always been able to get a better deal as a new customer with a 3rd party then an upgrade with the actual company themselves.

Ive ported from T-Mobile into Orange and then left it 24 hours once the number ported across. Now they are EE, I think I would choose someone like o2 or 3 to port across to first.