Double Porting Current Options?

PHK

This all comes about because of an often overlooked part of the porting process. The regulations say that the process is for transferring ing a number you use. So the provider needs to check that a) it’s your number to port and b) you use it. 

How the provider does this is up to them. It may be a straightforward as making a call or two or just topping up or might involve registering the SIM (usually by setting up an online account). 

In the past some providers required a top up and use for a minimum period. 

savergrant

Not ported a number in to asda mobile, but have an asda sim which I have never topped up and use just for incoming texts. Requested a pac by text earlier in the week and have now given the pac to new network. So will watch this space early next week.

So were others not receiving a pac? Or did the pac not work?

savergrant

"In the past some providers required a top up and use for a minimum period."

Thought text to pac was intended to make it easier for consumers to keep their number, ditto with rules on unlocking.

k_man

sheffieldeagle said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

In what way is Asda Mobile no longer an option? Can't find it now but I think someone on here did a triangular port via Asda, without topping up, using a free SIM, last year. Relies on their SIMS being activated by insertion into a phone rather than a top-up payment to an account. 

Got half-way down this road myself but bottled it and topped up a fiver - fear of losing a 20-y-o number got the better of me.

Looking on various recent forum posts it looks like a minimum £5 top-up is required.
Like yourself I'm a bit wary of the process but the savings to be had are very tempting. I can get a Three 30gb sim for £5.52 a year so I would like to be confident of the double port process. How was your experience and who were you porting back to?


Thanks

Can you provide details of the Three deal, £5.52 a year seems very low, or do you mean £5.52 a month, for a year?

flaneurs_lobster

savergrant said:

Not ported a number in to asda mobile, but have an asda sim which I have never topped up and use just for incoming texts. Requested a pac by text earlier in the week and have now given the pac to new network. So will watch this space early next week.

Does that mean that the SIM had enough credit for at least 1 text or is the standard PAC request number always a zero charge?

savergrant

I think the text to 65075 is free, but may bounce back if the sim is restricted. The sim had zero credit and has never been topped up, but it is a pretty new sim.

I think in the past I have had that issue and only been able to port out using the online account. To be honest so long as they text the pac back to the number being ported it is pretty safe. The risk comes if someone can port your number away from your sim without your knowledge. That is the aim of safeguards.

PHK

savergrant said:

"In the past some providers required a top up and use for a minimum period."

Thought text to pac was intended to make it easier for consumers to keep their number, ditto with rules on unlocking.

Easier in the sense that you don’t have to phone the provider and go through a sales pitch to get you to stay. But the regulations still apply (which is why you need to text eg your date of birth to prove you are the owner of the number) and if you have more than one number on the account then it won’t work And you’ll need to go online.  

savergrant

"and if you have more than one number on the account then it won’t work And you’ll need to go online."

Don't understand that. Do you mean more than one number on the sim? For me the beauty of text to pac is that you don't need to tell them the number to port out as it is the one you are texting from. If you have more than one number you would need to send a text from each number presumably? E-sims?

Have you had problems getting a pac from asdamobile? Or giving the pac to another network? Porting out of a contract may be more complicated but the issue discussed is porting out of a temporary payg sim. 

As I said earlier I have ported out of asdamobile with no credit, but not porting a number which I had previously ported to asdamobile, well not recently. I will try that this week.

3wheels

Lyca and Lebara mobile both still have monthly plans from only 5p.
If you do have to top up, as most payg have a minimum £5 or £10 top up. For the sake of 5p why not send for one of them. There is no trouble porting your number in and as you'll have unlimited minutes / texts and some data you don't even have to rush to PAC back out and on to your chosen network provided that you do it within the month of course. 

savergrant

I think a lot of people are very wary of lycamobile, and some may not have a good o2 signal. For those reasons they are looking to stay with lebara but get the new customer benefits.