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Can you reuse a SIM -only deal by porting a second number to it?
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I've been paying for a relative's first phone SIM for many years. I have now found a better SIM-only contract and bought her what we'll call the 2nd SIM card. My DD is porting the number over.
I've now found an even better SIM-only deal for her needs with another provider. It'll be a 3rd SIM. She can port her number to the new deal.
Her existing 2nd SIM would be perfect for me. It's on a deal you can't get any more.
But is there any way I can port my number to her SIM so I can use that deal, since if she ports her number that SIM will presumably have no number assigned to it, and if I put it in my phone, it’ll have no number? I'd still be paying the bill the same way.
I've now found an even better SIM-only deal for her needs with another provider. It'll be a 3rd SIM. She can port her number to the new deal.
Her existing 2nd SIM would be perfect for me. It's on a deal you can't get any more.
But is there any way I can port my number to her SIM so I can use that deal, since if she ports her number that SIM will presumably have no number assigned to it, and if I put it in my phone, it’ll have no number? I'd still be paying the bill the same way.
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I’m paying for my DD’s phone, and have now bought her the SIM card for a better SIM-only contract. My DD is porting the number over.
I've now found an even better SIM-only deal for her needs with another provider. Her existing SIM would be perfect for me.
DD can port her number to the new deal. But is there any way I can port my number to her SIM so I can use that deal, since if she ports her number that SIM will presumably have no number assigned to it, and if I put it in my phone, it’ll have no number?
I've been paying for a relative's first phone SIM for many years. I have now found a better SIM-only contract and bought her what we'll call the 2nd SIM card. My DD is porting the number over.
I've now found an even better SIM-only deal for her needs with another provider. It'll be a 3rd SIM. She can port her number to the new deal.
Her existing 2nd SIM would be perfect for me. It's pon a deal you can't get any more.
But is there any way I can port my number to her SIM so I can use that deal, since if she ports her number that SIM will presumably have no number assigned to it, and if I put it in my phone, it’ll have no number? I'd still be paying the bill the same way.
Can’t be done, as soon as you port a number it automatically cancels the line.====0 -
As above, once a numbers ported out the account is closed. That's the way the system is, there is no way around it.0
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