[access-uk] Re: Choosing/switching mobile phone/providers questions
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:32:28 +0100
Hi Jackie,
Yes, only in that the battery life is about three times as long.
All the best
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jackie Cairns
Sent: Saturday 26 April 2008 18:00
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Choosing/switching mobile phone/providers questions
Ah! Nutty! so you like the N82 over the N95 now do you babe? (smile.)
Actually so do I, except I haven't got one ... yet.
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 1:28 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Choosing/switching mobile phone/providers questions
> Hi Carol,
>
> Just to point out that older phones like the 6630 are no longer available,
> and you are therefore, not likely to get them from an operator with a new
> contract. Third Edition phones are the "in thing" now, such as the E65,
> E75, N82 (The best phone ever so far in my view), the N95, etc.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Carol Pearson
> Sent: Friday 25 April 2008 22:04
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Choosing/switching mobile phone/providers
> questions
>
> Hi Catherine,
>
> As I'm exitting Orange as a very unhappy customer of theirs, I'm delighted
> to tell you as much as I can. (See my answers to your questions below)
>
>> 1. Could I leave before my contract's up? How do I even find out
> I had graduated to a £15 monthly contract where only a month's notice had
> to
> be given, because I thought I was on the way out! Well, usually with
> contracts they say they still charge you ... even if you go ...
>
> If you've been paying much over the odds, do what I intend to do and
> that's
> to go to OFFCOM, if they don't give me the money back they've taken
> falsely!
>> 2. What happens, if/when you switch providers, about keeping the same
>> phone number?
> You ask them for a PAC (Port Authorization Code) which they will send you
> in
> the post. Then you sign up with another provider and they import the
> number. There's a short delay, so you may have a temporary number for a
> few
> days, but it works out OK. I've done it once already and am just doing it
> again with two phones.
>>
>> 3. Has anyone got any comments accessibilitywise about particular
>> providers? Or phones for that matter. I'm happy with my Nokia 6630
>> with Talks and a hefty crack in the screen, but if switching means I
>> get a new phone which I can instal Talks, MobileSpeak or SmartHal onto
>> I'll do it. On the other hand is it possible to sign up for a new
>> contract and use my existing phone? I think they usually give you a
>> phone as part of the contract but would I be able to swap the sim over
>> and use it in my old phone? If this is possible I may do it to save
>> money.
> I'm sticking to Pay As You Go for the first three months to look at
> various
> contracts with O2. Even if I was having a contract, I'd keep my own
> phones
> running because TALKS gets expensive to keep changing. Yes, you can swap
> the sims, unless you have very old phones and then they may not work. The
> 6630 should be OK.
>>
>> 4. Has anyone any recommendations for websites that compare different
>> packages/tariffs? I had a quick look on moneysupermarket.com and
>> found the phone comparison tool's search results a bit hard to
>> understand, though I've used it before for credit cards.
> I suggest you may want to look at
>
> http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/
>
> Or, if you prefer, call in and talk to them.
>
>
> Can't help you much with your final question, but hopefully this will get
> you somewhere.
>
> Write again if you think I can give you any more and of course privately
> if
> you want a bit more info about my problems with Orange.
>
> --
> Carol
> carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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