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Hi Metropollers! just a quick question ....

I have almost had my contract phone for a year (about 1 or 2 days off a year infact!) and I was wondering what happens when I go past the year point?

I have not had anything about renewing or upgrading from Orange and I dont want to be disconnected and lose the number I have had for 6 years.

I am planning to port my number over to T-Mobile anyway but I believe I have to complete the whole 12 months?

So basically I am asking what happens once the 12 months are up? Does the plan continue to roll on until I upgrade or change network, or do I get disconnected and left without my phone line?

All help appreciated greatly!!!!

usually, nothing - you can keep on using the service as you are, except, now, you are free to cancel at any time.

my contract is getting towards the end, and i've already had vodafone trying to make my calls cheaper at the expense of tying me into another contract.

i'll keep as it is and move on when i find something more competitive, and although i've had the same number for years, it doesn't bother me if i lose it, so that makes things a tiny bit easier.

i'm suprised you haven't had a call from your network operator trying to sell you another contract, though.

Thank you Dr L, the reply is most helpful, I think I may keep the phone I have got now until I see something that I want, as I will not get disconnected, thats a relief!

I have to say that i'm suprised that Orange have not tried to phone me and sell me an upgrade, as the mobile market seems very competitive at the moment, and I would guess most consumers do not show a great deal of loyalty as to where they buy their upgrade.

Dr Lobster* wrote:i'll keep as it is and move on when i find something more competitive, and although i've had the same number for years, it doesn't bother me if i lose it, so that makes things a tiny bit easier.

Surely you could ask for a Porting Authorisation Code (PAC) so that your number gets transferred over to your new contract - regardless of the provider?

http://www.mobiles.co.uk/mnp_pac.htm

I've been with Vodafone for a few years now (and, as a former employee, I'll try to keep this unbiased). I'm a low spender - £40 bill absolute maximum. When the last period of twelve months was up I asked for my PAC number as there were some far better deals around on the internet.
When I first asked for it (the PAC number), Vodafone admitted they couldn't match the offer, but a few days later they someone called me back offering a very good deal -200 anytime/any network mins and 100 texts for £12 a month. it wasn't as good as the competing offer, but the chore of changing networks and having to claim back cash (as you have to do with most of the seemingly better deals) overruled any slight financial saving. So, unless you don't mind the hassle of changing networks etc (it's not that bad anyway I suppose), it is worth speaking to someone at your network to see what they can offer.

Just keep on going, no need to do a thing.

My Vodafone contract's twenty-one years old next week.

Would you like to see a picture of my first phone, the 445th one to be connected to the Voidafone network?

No, didn't think so.

I think the real question is are you still on the same price plan????

out of intrest what were the original plans like ?

nidave wrote:I think the real question is are you still on the same price plan?

Not quite.

I think I'm on about my fifth, if memory serves. Certainly about my fifth phone.

Originally, it was around £27 a month, plus 25p a minute for calls.

Mind you, far better than the previous, GPO Radiophone system. On that, you had to know where the mobile was to know what code to dial for it, which rather defeated the idea of it being mobile. The codes were all 007X, where X indicated the region of the country.

Didnt realise the GPO had thier own mobile netowrk.

Nick Harvey wrote:I think I'm on about my fifth, if memory serves. Certainly about my fifth phone.

And those five would be? I'm on my forth phone in 6 years although that's because I have a habbit of breaking/losing the things

I'm only on my third phone in about ten years.

The first phone developed a firmware issue and then it wouldn't charge anymore. Had a new phone in the end as that one only had a standby time of 96hrs and for the cost of a new battery for it and an extra tenner or so meant it was more convienant to just change it.

When the battery started losing its charge in the second phone, Panasonic wanted £26 for a new battery for it. Amazon were selling a brand new mobile phone for £30. Do the maths.

This third phone came with a standby time of 180hrs. Now it struggles to last three days sometimes. But they want 56euros (about £40) for a new battery for it. So when the point comes that it won't last more than a day, it's getting changed.