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The Natural Philosopher
Jul 5, 2016, 6:37:03 AM7/5/16
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I have an old orange PAYG account for a mobile phone. It still has money
in it, but has been suspended due to inactivity., I do not have the
phone to which it applies either so no sim card.
I would like to get the number back and reactivate this for my new phone
as the provider that I have a sim for, for that, does not work where I am.
How do I go about it?
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in it, but has been suspended due to inactivity., I do not have the
phone to which it applies either so no sim card.
I would like to get the number back and reactivate this for my new phone
as the provider that I have a sim for, for that, does not work where I am.
How do I go about it?
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Future generations will wonder in bemused amazement that the early
twenty-first century’s developed world went into hysterical panic over a
globally average temperature increase of a few tenths of a degree, and,
on the basis of gross exaggerations of highly uncertain computer
projections combined into implausible chains of inference, proceeded to
contemplate a rollback of the industrial age.
Richard Lindzen
Capitol
Jul 5, 2016, 6:53:11 AM7/5/16
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> I have an old orange PAYG account for a mobile phone. It still has
> money in it, but has been suspended due to inactivity., I do not have
> the phone to which it applies either so no sim card.
>
> I would like to get the number back and reactivate this for my new
> phone as the provider that I have a sim for, for that, does not work
> where I am.
>
> How do I go about it?
>
>
>
>
IME with EE, which is now Orange, the number is discontinued and
> I have an old orange PAYG account for a mobile phone. It still has
> money in it, but has been suspended due to inactivity., I do not have
> the phone to which it applies either so no sim card.
>
> I would like to get the number back and reactivate this for my new
> phone as the provider that I have a sim for, for that, does not work
> where I am.
>
> How do I go about it?
>
>
>
>
you're unlikely to get it back. Unless you had the right sort of account
with Orange, you've lost the money also. Just buy a 1 2 3 sim from EE
and go on from there. A dual sim phone is useful under these circumstances.
T i m
Jul 5, 2016, 7:13:00 AM7/5/16
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 11:37:02 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
<t...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>I have an old orange PAYG account for a mobile phone. It still has money
>in it, but has been suspended due to inactivity., I do not have the
>phone to which it applies either so no sim card.
>
>I would like to get the number back and reactivate this for my new phone
>as the provider that I have a sim for, for that, does not work where I am.
>
>How do I go about it?
uk.telecom.mobile is this way >>>>
<t...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>I have an old orange PAYG account for a mobile phone. It still has money
>in it, but has been suspended due to inactivity., I do not have the
>phone to which it applies either so no sim card.
>
>I would like to get the number back and reactivate this for my new phone
>as the provider that I have a sim for, for that, does not work where I am.
>
>How do I go about it?
Cheers, T i m
ARW
Jul 5, 2016, 1:59:30 PM7/5/16
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"The Natural Philosopher" <t...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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There is more chance of a 16 year old blonde virgin with nice pert 36C tits
begging you to shag her than there is of you getting back your old phone
number from Orange.
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Adam
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>I have an old orange PAYG account for a mobile phone. It still has money in
>it, but has been suspended due to inactivity., I do not have the phone to
>which it applies either so no sim card.
>
> I would like to get the number back and reactivate this for my new phone
> as the provider that I have a sim for, for that, does not work where I
> am.
>
> How do I go about it?
You forget about it.
>it, but has been suspended due to inactivity., I do not have the phone to
>which it applies either so no sim card.
>
> I would like to get the number back and reactivate this for my new phone
> as the provider that I have a sim for, for that, does not work where I
> am.
>
> How do I go about it?
There is more chance of a 16 year old blonde virgin with nice pert 36C tits
begging you to shag her than there is of you getting back your old phone
number from Orange.
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Adam
Tim+
Jul 5, 2016, 2:41:25 PM7/5/16
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than wasting time on Usenet.
I agree with the above but it's just remotely possible that given the
number, the account could be reactivated. Then you just need to ask for a
new sim.
It is a *very* slim chance though.
Tim
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S Viemeister
Jul 5, 2016, 3:11:04 PM7/5/16
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On 7/5/2016 2:41 PM, Tim+ wrote:
> I agree with the above but it's just remotely possible that given the
> number, the account could be reactivated. Then you just need to ask for a
> new sim.
>
_Very_ remote possibility.
> I agree with the above but it's just remotely possible that given the
> number, the account could be reactivated. Then you just need to ask for a
> new sim.
>
What's more likely, is that the remaining credit can be transferred to a
new SIM (with a new number).
I was able to recover the remaining credit on a SIM which had been used
by my daughter, a year or two after it was last used. The number
couldn't be recovered, but they transferred the credit for me, to a
different number.
Adrian
Jul 5, 2016, 3:19:59 PM7/5/16
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On Tue, 05 Jul 2016 18:41:23 +0000, Tim+ wrote:
>>> I have an old orange PAYG account for a mobile phone. It still has
>>> money in it, but has been suspended due to inactivity., I do not have
>>> the phone to which it applies either so no sim card.
>>>
>>> I would like to get the number back and reactivate this for my new
>>> phone as the provider that I have a sim for, for that, does not work
>>> where I am.
>>> I have an old orange PAYG account for a mobile phone. It still has
>>> money in it, but has been suspended due to inactivity., I do not have
>>> the phone to which it applies either so no sim card.
>>>
>>> I would like to get the number back and reactivate this for my new
>>> phone as the provider that I have a sim for, for that, does not work
>>> where I am.
>> There is more chance of a 16 year old blonde virgin with nice pert 36C
>> tits begging you to shag her than there is of you getting back your old
>> phone number from Orange.
>> tits begging you to shag her than there is of you getting back your old
>> phone number from Orange.
> I agree with the above but it's just remotely possible that given the
> number, the account could be reactivated. Then you just need to ask for
> a new sim.
Always assuming the number hasn't been reallocated yet, of course.
> number, the account could be reactivated. Then you just need to ask for
> a new sim.
Dave Liquorice
Jul 5, 2016, 3:53:50 PM7/5/16
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 11:37:02 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> I have an old orange PAYG account for a mobile phone. It still has money
> in it, but has been suspended due to inactivity., I do not have the
> phone to which it applies either so no sim card.
Even if Orange/EE have/had a record of your name and address against
> I have an old orange PAYG account for a mobile phone. It still has money
> in it, but has been suspended due to inactivity., I do not have the
> phone to which it applies either so no sim card.
that number you'll probably still have a battle on your hands. If
they should have a name and address linked to the number give them a
call and see what they'd want as proof of ID and if it's possible to
get the number made active on a new EE PAYG SIM.
> I would like to get the number back and reactivate this for my new phone
> as the provider that I have a sim for, for that, does not work where I
> am.
current network so you can put in an EE SIM and have it work.
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Cheers
Dave.
Graham Nye
Jul 5, 2016, 3:59:03 PM7/5/16
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On 2016-07-05 11:53, Capitol wrote:
>
> IME with EE, which is now Orange, the number is discontinued and
> you're unlikely to get it back. Unless you had the right sort of account
> with Orange, you've lost the money also. Just buy a 1 2 3 sim from EE
> and go on from there.
It can be possible to roll an Orange PAYG number forward to an EE PAYG
>
> IME with EE, which is now Orange, the number is discontinued and
> you're unlikely to get it back. Unless you had the right sort of account
> with Orange, you've lost the money also. Just buy a 1 2 3 sim from EE
> and go on from there.
account. I did this for a relative with a useful amount of credit on
the Orange number (both the number and the credit were transferred to
the EE account). However the Orange number hadn't been discontinued for
lack of use.
As others have suggested, ask EE, though I found asking in an EE shop
more useful than listening to their on-hold music.
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Graham Nye
news(a)thenyes.org.uk
Dave Liquorice
Jul 5, 2016, 4:24:17 PM7/5/16
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 19:19:54 +0000 (UTC), Adrian wrote:
> Always assuming the number hasn't been reallocated yet, of course.
Call it?
> Always assuming the number hasn't been reallocated yet, of course.
The "inactivity" timeouts vary by provider not only what happens at
each timeout and the periods involved and the orginal contract but
also how rigidly they are enforced...
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Cheers
Dave.
The Natural Philosopher
Jul 5, 2016, 5:03:13 PM7/5/16
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