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Wackyza

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Hi

I hope someone can help me. I am wanting to get a contract from Cell C as their rates are so decent currently. I am currently on a Vodacom contract. I would like to know if anyone knows the process of porting your Vodacom number to Cell C and then having a new number allocated to your Vodacom contract. Is this possible? What's the best way to go about this?

Thanks in advance ;)
 
I am aware of the porting. You get free porting and rica with the Cell C contracts. It's the part where, the number is ported to Cell C and the Vodacom contract is still active, but now it has no number. That is the part that confuses me.
 
I changed my number on a Cellc contract last year, I think it cost R250 so maybe Vodacom allows you to change the number on your contract was well?
 
Wackyza said:
I hope someone can help me. I am wanting to get a contract from Cell C as their rates are so decent currently. I am currently on a Vodacom contract. I would like to know if anyone knows the process of porting your Vodacom number to Cell C and then having a new number allocated to your Vodacom contract. Is this possible? What's the best way to go about this?
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You go to a Cell-C store and port the number. Vodacom will automatically assign a new number to your contract and continue billing.
 
ginggs said:
You go to a Cell-C store and port the number. Vodacom will automatically assign a new number to your contract and continue billing.
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I am surprised Voda does this... I highly doubt MTN or Cellc would do this?
 
Just spoke to cancellations. its true. As soon as you port, the sim gets assigned a substitute number. :)
 
Uli said:
I am surprised Voda does this... I highly doubt MTN or Cellc would do this?
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Why are you surprised? How else do you think it would work?

It works exactly the same way with MTN. Cell-C are a different story though. About a year ago, I ported a number away from them halfway through a two year contract. They allowed the port to go through, but then claimed their systems couldn't assign a new number. I don't know if they've sorted this out yet, so first get them to swap your contract number with a new prepaid number, then do the port.
 
ginggs said:
Why are you surprised? How else do you think it would work?

It works exactly the same way with MTN. Cell-C are a different story though. About a year ago, I ported a number away from them halfway through a two year contract. They allowed the port to go through, but then claimed their systems couldn't assign a new number. I don't know if they've sorted this out yet, so first get them to swap your contract number with a new prepaid number, then do the port.
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I can still hear the lambs scream at night :p
 
Almost my entire grade 12 class is in the process of porting or ported to cellc (pay as you go) and none of us reported any issues. I don't know about contracts. Because us students do not have a fixed income we do not qualify for contract phones. Cellc rocks with all the freebies when recharging.
 
ginggs said:
Why are you surprised? How else do you think it would work?

It works exactly the same way with MTN. Cell-C are a different story though. About a year ago, I ported a number away from them halfway through a two year contract. They allowed the port to go through, but then claimed their systems couldn't assign a new number. I don't know if they've sorted this out yet, so first get them to swap your contract number with a new prepaid number, then do the port.
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Are you sure MTN would allow me to port my number and just get assigned a new contract number?
 
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