Hi Katheren. If you are with in your contractual abligations, you will have to pay off the rest of the contract. For example if your on a deal where your on £20 line-rental per month and you have 3 months to go, you will be asked to pay £60 which covers the last 3 months. In this case I would move to a lowest price plan offered and then ask for a PAC code from Orange to provide your new phone provider. You only nee this PAC code if you want to take the number to another network. I'm on Three and I think the service and offerings are great because I get 500 minutes for £18 per month. These minutes are called units because you can use them as text messages. One text message is equal to one minute. As for the phone I have got a Nokia 6120 which is Talks conpatable. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine Turner" <catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Access-UK" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 5:25 PM Subject: [access-uk] Choosing/switching mobile phone/providers questions
Hi, From a little research I've done plus my gut reaction to my bank balance, I've decided I'm getting a raw deal from Orange, my current mobile phone provider. If possible I want to switch to another provider and have some questions. 1. Could I leave before my contract's up? How do I even find out when my contract is up? Would it be written on my bill? I've forgotten my password for the Orange website and their way of retrieving/resetting it involves phoning them which I prefer not to do - so if it'd be writtten on my bill I'd rather just scan that next time it comes. 2. What happens, if/when you switch providers, about keeping the same phone number? 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. 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. 5. I do want to be able to use whatever phone it is as a modem for my BrailleNote. If anyone has any comments about particular providers' GPRS services, good or bad, I'd like to hear them. I think some have had difficulty obtaining the right information/settings from them... And anything else you think will help! There seems to be so much choice nowadays about different types of payment - pay as you go, contract and some things which seem in between; and I'm not bothered about tons of features on the phone - I just want to save money on a monthly basis though I might have to spend some first to buy a new copy of Talks or whatever. I've been with Orange for the last 10 years and haven't thought it worthwhile switching before but I'm sure I could save money if I do. Thanks, Catherine ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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