Puff The Magic Wagon!

iTrader: (2)

Due to lack of local coverage & some other reasons, have been forced to get a new phone

Therefore, I am no longer on the 07976 number but on

07818 413 513

For those that are interested or care, please amend your records.

The other reason is that wife is having the old phone (having lost her last 3 ) so you might get her, if you wanted me!

Thanks

ChrisB

So which number do we send the dodgy text messages to then?

[Edited by ChrisB - 12/13/2001 10:46:04 PM]

dharbige

Why couldn't you have kept the old number? I thought all mobile networks had to allow you to transfer your mobile number free of charge.

carl

Unfortunately if you port your number to a new network, it still goes through the old network's switch. If you've changed because of lack of coverage, it doesn't help much

BugEyed

Hmm, that explains it then. On my last company phone, I switched from Orange to Cellnet to improve my reception at home and it made no difference despite the coverage stats being much better. I assumed it was the Nokia phone. Having changed jobs, my new phone is much better.

Duncan

PS Sorry to hijack your thread Puff, but it acts as a free Bump!

kryten

Er yes, but it doesn't use the original network's GSM coverage.

It gets transferred from the original network to the new network and then your phone contacts the new network's GSM cells.

Otherwise, you couldn't port a number from Orange/121 to Voda/Cellnet and use a non-dual band phone to get the calls.

What happens when you port back, or onto a third/fourth network is where it gets interesting and of course, during 'big number changes' you don't stand a chance of it working as they _always_ forget to test that bit....

carl

This is true -- I thought of that afterwards. Somebody told me the original statement once, but even for incoming calls the only interconnect between the two networks is on the fixed side, so there will be no coverage issues.