PAC codes

mads

Is there a way of speeding up the process for obtaining PAC codes. O2 are saying 72 hours and Vodafone 4-5 days?

ukbill69

No you cant, Mine took 3 days from carphonewarehouse o2 to o2, Doesnt matter, just tell your mates and fmaily your new number and tell them not to save it.

rowantoad

Just for comparison easymobile.com emailed us a pac code in about 5 minutes after filling in the form on the site and it arrived in the post a day later also.

O2 then gave a date 7 days later the number would become active on.

Murtle

ask the customer service advisor at Vodafone to give it to you over the phone. They often will. Otherwise you could end up waiting weeks for the letter to not arrive....

phil-99

mads wrote:

Is there a way of speeding up the process for obtaining PAC codes. O2 are saying 72 hours and Vodafone 4-5 days?

It depends what you mean. If you mean to be issued with a PAC, then
you should be able to get it instantly. As far as I'm aware, anyhow. I know that T-Mob do them instantly.

For the actual transfer - it's 5 working days from the day that you give the new provider your PAC. No negotiation involved, it just is.

RussWWFC

O2 (see my previous thread) said 48 hours, with the deadline fast approaching. Why it takes so long I dont know, I got mine on the spot with Orange, after some negotiation I got it on the spot with T-Mobile and IIRC Vodafone gave it instantly too.

Does anyone know if on 3 you have to give the PAC Number at time of signing up or can you do it at anytime??

loobs40

In system terms (at T-mobile) there is nothing to stop the PAC code being generated immediately by the Customer Service Agent. The actual transfer takes longer but it is all automatically done by the companies computer systems

p5x

ukbill69 wrote:

No you cant, Mine took 3 days from carphonewarehouse o2 to o2, Doesnt matter, just tell your mates and fmaily your new number and tell them not to save it.

how/why did you transfer o2 to o2? i thought they didn't let you do it?

darrenithell

RussWWFC wrote:

Does anyone know if on 3 you have to give the PAC Number at time of signing up or can you do it at anytime??

You can port your old number to 3 after you've received your new handset. Simply dial 333 from your new phone and give them your PAC and old number. Transfer take about 7 days.

mutley74

for o2 pac codes try:

01274 388 261

dejongj

O2 Gave my PAC code over the phone without me having to ask...If you want to speed it up, give them another call, be nice yet firm and ask for the PAC code over the phone.

What I tended to do was disable the number display on the new phone so that none of my contacts could get it, and enable call forwarding from the old phone number. I was only unreachable for an hour in the change-over process....