Meant to do this a while ago

[akicif]

My old mobile's been acting up for some time - randomly switching off, losing texts, or stored info, that sort of thing - so I got a new one a little while ago. For reasons that may or may not have been due to how the mobile phone shop handles commission, I ended up with a new contract (and hence phone number): 07961 446 902

If you have my old number (07940 584 653), please note that in a few days it'll be mastah_rab's number.

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[lutonianbill.livejournal.com]

For reasons that may or may not have been due to how the mobile phone shop handles commission, I ended up with a new contract (and hence phone number)

Almost certainly because of it. Well, it's not really down to the shop, the networks themselves still usually value new connections higher than continuing ones. And unless the new connection is on a different network, you have to change the number.

Why? Don't ask me, I've only worked on the T-Mobile Commissions system for four years, and I still can't understand why our users use it that way!

BTW, I think 07940 and 07961 mean you stayed with T-Mobile - that's useful information for people on other networks that have higher off-net call rates. (As you might have, unless you have an "Everyone" tariff from us.)

[akicif.livejournal.com]

Yep, still with T-mobile. Coverage in Edinburgh being what it is, I have a choice of pubs where I can use the mobile and ones I can hide in. The tariff is one of the "anytime" ones, which is (I believe) good for me, but not so good for callers from other networks (making it part of T-mobile's scheme to get everyone to switch, no doubt).

I'm not completely au fait with the techier stuff I can do with this phone yet (tr. I have to set up the email properly), but I'm told that I can download and run java applications on it - would be neat to have an LJ application that could upload pictures (tigermoth's phone came with a little camera we can both use) as well as text. This may be the sort of thing that sbisson is working on, perhaps.

[daveon.livejournal.com]

I ended up with a new contract (and hence phone number): 07961 446 902

I thought all the main networks had sorted number portability now? I did it with Cellnet last year where I had one account on one billing system and wanted to transfer to another type of account. It was a big pain in the arse but they eventually sorted it out. I can't stand telling anybody about changes of bank account numbers, email addresses, street addresses and phone numbers - it's just all too much like hard work :-)

[hughe.livejournal.com]

yup i'm on t-mobile too, the back of the tav is a good hiding place..

[lutonianbill.livejournal.com]

I believe (but could be wrong) that the legal requirements for number portability only apply when moving between networks. When you want a new connection on the same network because the new deal is better than a renewal deal, the forced number change is one of the few things that they can use to make it look worse.

T-Mobile used to shoot themselves in the foot when they refused to allow a prepay T-Mobile user (probably low value) to move to a post-pay T-Mobile user (high, guaranteed value) with the same number: they got that sorted out at last a few months ago. Go the other way though, and it'll mean an inconvenient change of number...

[daveon.livejournal.com]

Ah, well makes sense.

Never let it be said that the operators make things easy for their customers - having been on the supply side for a few years I could rant up a storm about Mobile Network Operators and their actions. Frankly glad to be concentrating on the phones side of the busines now.

[sneerpout.livejournal.com]

Thanks for letting us know - have edited your contact details. I'm in enough trouble at the moment without accidentally phoning teenage boys.

Vodaphone still haven't sorted *that* out

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

Last summer, decided to upgrade my PAYG Vodaphone and get a new sexy handset with functions that, well, actually mostly that I actually use (some only occasionally!!)

And I was offered a rate (including moving my number) of X, or if I decided to have a new number I could have X-5 and keep the old PAYG number and sim to use in another handset for friends visiting from the US etc. ... so that's why I changed my mobile number last summer to

0776 990 3675

Sorry for shouting but so many people haven't figured that out yet (even though it was on the answer message on the old number for a while ... of course people sending me SMS messages at the old number don't get to hear the message and there's no "auto-reply/auto-forward" on SMSs) ... and yes, for the telepedantic among you, it's actually 07769 903675, but I find it easier to remember as above.

Re: Vodaphone still haven't sorted *that* out

[flickgc.livejournal.com]

of course people sending me SMS messages at the old number don't get to hear the message

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

[akicif.livejournal.com]

Which reminds me. I seem to have deleted your number. On the other hand, as I'm not likely to be ringing you unless I'm dahn sarf anyway, I guess I can always catch you via here.