O2 price hike termination.

JSmithy45AD

flaneurs_lobster said:

jeffhodgson1 said:

Yes. Mobile number instantly gone. No warning. Staff in o2 shop tried to get it back but no joy. 
Not a major problem as new sim ordered to arrive tomorrow, just a tad inconvenient for 24hrs or so. 

Tad inconvenient? Think a lot of people might find it rather more than that. Most bank/BS account access still involves SMS (unfortunately) or a call. Registering a new number is probably going to take days.

WhatsApp won't work.

And that's before you consider your personal/business contacts that have that number that you will have to contact.

I've had my number for well over 20 years, not something I want to lose unless I decide to make it so.

I'm in the same boat and would struggle with where to start if I lost my number. I know it originated via Orange but couldn't guess at when, there doesn't appear to be any way of telling though?

flaneurs_lobster

JSmithy45AD said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

jeffhodgson1 said:

Yes. Mobile number instantly gone. No warning. Staff in o2 shop tried to get it back but no joy. 
Not a major problem as new sim ordered to arrive tomorrow, just a tad inconvenient for 24hrs or so. 

Tad inconvenient? Think a lot of people might find it rather more than that. Most bank/BS account access still involves SMS (unfortunately) or a call. Registering a new number is probably going to take days.

WhatsApp won't work.

And that's before you consider your personal/business contacts that have that number that you will have to contact.

I've had my number for well over 20 years, not something I want to lose unless I decide to make it so.

I'm in the same boat and would struggle with where to start if I lost my number. I know it originated via Orange but couldn't guess at when, there doesn't appear to be any way of telling though?

Let's hope we don't need to scrabble around for the origins of our numbers but you might try sticking your prefix (07nnn) into here https://www.ukphoneinfo.com/locator 

it doesn't claim to be definitive but the networks/dates look right for the couple of numbers I've tried.

JSmithy45AD

flaneurs_lobster said:

JSmithy45AD said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

jeffhodgson1 said:

Yes. Mobile number instantly gone. No warning. Staff in o2 shop tried to get it back but no joy. 
Not a major problem as new sim ordered to arrive tomorrow, just a tad inconvenient for 24hrs or so. 

Tad inconvenient? Think a lot of people might find it rather more than that. Most bank/BS account access still involves SMS (unfortunately) or a call. Registering a new number is probably going to take days.

WhatsApp won't work.

And that's before you consider your personal/business contacts that have that number that you will have to contact.

I've had my number for well over 20 years, not something I want to lose unless I decide to make it so.

I'm in the same boat and would struggle with where to start if I lost my number. I know it originated via Orange but couldn't guess at when, there doesn't appear to be any way of telling though?

Let's hope we don't need to scrabble around for the origins of our numbers but you might try sticking your prefix (07nnn) into here https://www.ukphoneinfo.com/locator 

it doesn't claim to be definitive but the networks/dates look right for the couple of numbers I've tried.

Ahh, cheers. It got the Orange bit right, I'm not sure what "Ofcom's last recorded change for this number range was February 1999." actually means?

flaneurs_lobster

JSmithy45AD said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

JSmithy45AD said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

jeffhodgson1 said:

Yes. Mobile number instantly gone. No warning. Staff in o2 shop tried to get it back but no joy. 
Not a major problem as new sim ordered to arrive tomorrow, just a tad inconvenient for 24hrs or so. 

Tad inconvenient? Think a lot of people might find it rather more than that. Most bank/BS account access still involves SMS (unfortunately) or a call. Registering a new number is probably going to take days.

WhatsApp won't work.

And that's before you consider your personal/business contacts that have that number that you will have to contact.

I've had my number for well over 20 years, not something I want to lose unless I decide to make it so.

I'm in the same boat and would struggle with where to start if I lost my number. I know it originated via Orange but couldn't guess at when, there doesn't appear to be any way of telling though?

Let's hope we don't need to scrabble around for the origins of our numbers but you might try sticking your prefix (07nnn) into here https://www.ukphoneinfo.com/locator 

it doesn't claim to be definitive but the networks/dates look right for the couple of numbers I've tried.

Ahh, cheers. It got the Orange bit right, I'm not sure what "Ofcom's last recorded change for this number range was February 1999." actually means?

It's just the last time that OFCOM issued a bunch of numbers including your one. No-one actually owns a phone number (landline or otherwise) but OFCOM has the job of allocating ranges to the telecoms operators.