OVIVO gone ! : Where to go next ?

ptrichardson

elektra wrote: »

I didn't. I tried a few times via the website - I think it may have been a date of birth problem. I didn't bother with the email option that they later offered.
It was not too much of a problem as it was not my primary number and not too many people to notify.

They have not been terminated yet. Interestingly I kept the sim in a phone and it can still receive calls. Received one recently from someone who I had notified but had failed to change the number.
Not sure when it will become inactive - 6 months maybe.

Exactly - these numbers are still live phone numbers - but those people who Ovivo "neglected" to correctly port out have long since given up on ever getting them back and have moved onto a new number now - Ovivo will almost certainly sell them on for profit at some point, once everyone has forgotten about them.

There's only so many mobile phone numbers out there - just like IPv4 addresses.

buglawton

As I predicted in post #339 of
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4925875

'ere we go again
US freemium mobile network eyes up Europe
FreedomPop touts 'free' calls, texts and data
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/16/us_mvno_freedompop_eyes_europe/

NiftyDigits

buglawton wrote: »

As I predicted in post #339 of
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4925875

'ere we go again
US freemium mobile network eyes up Europe
FreedomPop touts 'free' calls, texts and data
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/16/us_mvno_freedompop_eyes_europe/

Why didn't you just link to post # 339?