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Im with Vodafone and I want to change my existing tariff from 200 mins anytime/any network, to 500 minutes any time/any network , still staying on vodaphone.(I dont want to change networks, i wanna stay on Vodafone.)

Ive been using about 500 mins a month for the last six months and my bill is about £80 a month! :¦ I have seen a good deal on the web and i can get 500 mins anytime any network with one company and they will do that on an 18 month contract, in the beginning , only paying £6.99 a month. (Goes upto £50 a month after 9 months, which i dont mind, unless of course you know an even better Vodafone 500 a month deal !)

Its perfect for me, but i dont think that if i cancel my current contract with Vodafone, that i have with vodafone, that if i re connect under this new, better deal, that i can keep my same number (and i desperately want to.)

Im told that if i cancel, i can only port my number to a `different` network, but `not` to the same network!....is this the case? Any ideas any help how to get the deal i want but with staying on the same network would be greatly appreciated guys.

The only way around porting your number onto the same network with a new contract is to port it to another network, usually a PAYG Sim, wait 30 days then port it back. So say get an O2 Sim, port from Voda to the O2 Sim, wait 30 days then port it back. If you try doing it in less than 30 days you get the same PAC code back and Voda wont accept it.

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Hi,
I dont know how long you have had your phone for but as long as you have had it for at least 10 months then you can upgrade your phone in a vodaphone store and also change the tariff whilst you are there.
I upgraded mine a couple of months ago and got a 3g phone with a 3g tariff. The tariff itself is http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.view3GPricePlans
and that will tell ya a bit more about it but basically you get 500 mins pm to any network anytime and you also get 100 texts a months free and also 50mins of video calls per month free and also access to film previews and sports downloads and news downloads/streaming. and all this costs ya £40 per month

The contract itself is 18months but you also get a thing called stop the clock which is if you make a call in the evening or weekend (Times are mon-fri 7pm-8am and from fri 7pm till mon 8am) and you stay on the phone for 55 minutes you will only lose 3 minutes of your minutes so you could make 10 phone calls to someone over the weekend and each one was 50 mins all in all 500 minutes but you would have only used 30 of your tariff minutes so its really good.

Hope this helps

Gary

Not sure if it wil work with Vodaphone but my wife is with orange has had her contract for more then 12 months phoned them up and asked for her Pac number. When she was asked why se explained that she had seen a phone and contract deal with 02 that gave her more minuts and also 6 months line rental refund. Orange offered the equivlent of 5.5 months refund and the phone and tariff of her choice for 12 months to stay with them.
This is all detailed in an artical on the money saving expert site which is the basis we used with Orange.
Hope this helps
N

1. You can keep your old number
2. Or you can beat vodafone into giving you a discount

1. Ask for your PAC Code - they will ask for a reason, tell them you have seen something much cheaper somewhere else.
2. Call back 2 days later for the PAC code - by then someone from Voda would have called you up, offering you a great deal (I got a free K750i, with 3 months free, 125 minutes, 100 texts for £12 a month).
3. If no one has called back, take the PAC code and give it to your new company - for them to sign you up on a new contract with vodafone - and since u use the same network, you keep the SIM AND the NUMBER

However, if the company is smallish - it might use Vodafone as their primary billing agent - instead of someone like CPW. This might cause issues with you getting the deal. I suggest you check this out. I have tried this personally and this works - I went from Vodafone Direct to CPW Vodafone to Vodafone Direct with the same number and SIM. This is coz unlike a network change - where you need to change the SIM (obviously) - with this thingie, only the billing provider changes.

HTH - PM me if you have any Qs on this