Goodbye Virgin

SaverRate

MouldyOldDough said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

MouldyOldDough said:

What about "tryng the new SIM" first before transferring ?

If I order a SIM from Lebara - it obviously won't work - until we pay -  but is there any way of seeing whether it connects at a good speed before transferring ?

There's a current MSE deal for a Lebara rolling 1-month contract SIM, 99p/mth. 

99p for 6 months - for 3Gb on a rolling contract - can't be bad - done it - thanks

next step ?

Wait for new SIM to arrive and txt "PAC" to 65075 (from old SIM) which will provide a code which we then give to Lebara (how ?)

Use this link to give them the pac code once you have the lebara sim card https://mobile.lebara.com/gb/en/portin

You need to activate the lebara sim first - instructions will come on the letter with the sim 

flaneurs_lobster

SaverRate said:

MouldyOldDough said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

MouldyOldDough said:

What about "tryng the new SIM" first before transferring ?

If I order a SIM from Lebara - it obviously won't work - until we pay -  but is there any way of seeing whether it connects at a good speed before transferring ?

There's a current MSE deal for a Lebara rolling 1-month contract SIM, 99p/mth. 

99p for 6 months - for 3Gb on a rolling contract - can't be bad - done it - thanks

next step ?

Wait for new SIM to arrive and txt "PAC" to 65075 (from old SIM) which will provide a code which we then give to Lebara (how ?)

Use this link to give them the pac code once you have the lebara sim card https://mobile.lebara.com/gb/en/portin

You need to activate the lebara sim first - instructions will come on the letter with the sim 

Just make sure that you are happy with the Lebara service (signal strength, call quality, SMS receipt, data speed, Wi-Fi calling etc) before you switch your number.

SaverRate

flaneurs_lobster said:

SaverRate said:

MouldyOldDough said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

MouldyOldDough said:

What about "tryng the new SIM" first before transferring ?

If I order a SIM from Lebara - it obviously won't work - until we pay -  but is there any way of seeing whether it connects at a good speed before transferring ?

There's a current MSE deal for a Lebara rolling 1-month contract SIM, 99p/mth. 

99p for 6 months - for 3Gb on a rolling contract - can't be bad - done it - thanks

next step ?

Wait for new SIM to arrive and txt "PAC" to 65075 (from old SIM) which will provide a code which we then give to Lebara (how ?)

Use this link to give them the pac code once you have the lebara sim card https://mobile.lebara.com/gb/en/portin

You need to activate the lebara sim first - instructions will come on the letter with the sim 

Just make sure that you are happy with the Lebara service (signal strength, call quality, SMS receipt, data speed, Wi-Fi calling etc) before you switch your number.

Its a 1 month rolling contract so worse case they can switch straight away if not happy with the service

flaneurs_lobster

SaverRate said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

SaverRate said:

MouldyOldDough said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

MouldyOldDough said:

What about "tryng the new SIM" first before transferring ?

If I order a SIM from Lebara - it obviously won't work - until we pay -  but is there any way of seeing whether it connects at a good speed before transferring ?

There's a current MSE deal for a Lebara rolling 1-month contract SIM, 99p/mth. 

99p for 6 months - for 3Gb on a rolling contract - can't be bad - done it - thanks

next step ?

Wait for new SIM to arrive and txt "PAC" to 65075 (from old SIM) which will provide a code which we then give to Lebara (how ?)

Use this link to give them the pac code once you have the lebara sim card https://mobile.lebara.com/gb/en/portin

You need to activate the lebara sim first - instructions will come on the letter with the sim 

Just make sure that you are happy with the Lebara service (signal strength, call quality, SMS receipt, data speed, Wi-Fi calling etc) before you switch your number.

Its a 1 month rolling contract so worse case they can switch straight away if not happy with the service

Agreed, but the PAC system is not without it's occasional lapses, better not to if you don't have to, especially if your number is long-standing and important to you.

MouldyOldDough

flaneurs_lobster said:

SaverRate said:

MouldyOldDough said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

MouldyOldDough said:

What about "tryng the new SIM" first before transferring ?

If I order a SIM from Lebara - it obviously won't work - until we pay -  but is there any way of seeing whether it connects at a good speed before transferring ?

There's a current MSE deal for a Lebara rolling 1-month contract SIM, 99p/mth. 

99p for 6 months - for 3Gb on a rolling contract - can't be bad - done it - thanks

next step ?

Wait for new SIM to arrive and txt "PAC" to 65075 (from old SIM) which will provide a code which we then give to Lebara (how ?)

Use this link to give them the pac code once you have the lebara sim card https://mobile.lebara.com/gb/en/portin

You need to activate the lebara sim first - instructions will come on the letter with the sim 

Just make sure that you are happy with the Lebara service (signal strength, call quality, SMS receipt, data speed, Wi-Fi calling etc) before you switch your number.

Good idea

savergrant

I suppose another way to see it is the sooner you port the sooner you stop paying money to virgin.

MouldyOldDough

Problem obtaining the code from Virgin
I texted PAC to 65075 with the old SIM
Received a response "oops you've made a mistake, use PAC dd/mm/yyyy" date of birth
Tried that... Same. Response.... 

flaneurs_lobster

Try

PAC ddmmyyyy  

no dashes, 4-digit year

MouldyOldDough

From Virgins website 

How to switch provider and take my number

If you’d like to take your number with you to your new mobile provider, you’ll need a PAC

To get a PAC: simply text ‘PAC’ and your date of birth (in DD/MM/YYYY format) to 65075

For example: PAC 01/03/1985

When we receive your request, we’ll send your PAC to you straight away by text message. Give your PAC to your new provider and your number will be transferred to your new mobile services

It repeatedly failed 

MouldyOldDough

Have any of you lot recently successfully used the PAC txt method with virgin? 
According to https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2019/06/ofcoms-new-text-to-switch-process-for-uk-mobile-operators-begins.html you just need the word PAC not PAC dd/mm/yyyy