Leaving Vodafone behind
By Mauricio Freitas, in
Technology, posted: 1-Apr-2008 18:21
Today I walked into a Telecom New Zealand store and started the process to port the mobile number I've been using for the last ten years from Vodafone to Telecom.
This decision didn't come lightly. There are lots of things to consider - international roaming, handset availability, etc.
But seeing that Telecom is working on deploying their WCDMA network, which should be here by the end of the year, and since you can get a Telecom SIM card now to use it on any GSM phone while going overseas, I didn't see a reason good enough to keep me on Vodafone.
The Telecom store manager was really good - even when he told me I couldn't just put the 021 (Vodafone prefix) numberon my Okta Touch without losing the account settings I have with Telecom. After a few moments he came up with a good idea: just grab any old phone from the recycle bin and use its ESN number to hold my 027 (Telecom prefix) number for when I have another handset for that account.
This way he freed up my Okta Touch so I could port in.
If all is ok in about three days I should have all calls on this number going through Telecom New Zealand.
And no, I don't feel bad for leaving Vodafone behind. For a few months I've been contemplating doing it, but this week something happened that tipped me over to the other side.
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This decision didn't come lightly. There are lots of things to consider - international roaming, handset availability, etc.
But seeing that Telecom is working on deploying their WCDMA network, which should be here by the end of the year, and since you can get a Telecom SIM card now to use it on any GSM phone while going overseas, I didn't see a reason good enough to keep me on Vodafone.
The Telecom store manager was really good - even when he told me I couldn't just put the 021 (Vodafone prefix) numberon my Okta Touch without losing the account settings I have with Telecom. After a few moments he came up with a good idea: just grab any old phone from the recycle bin and use its ESN number to hold my 027 (Telecom prefix) number for when I have another handset for that account.
This way he freed up my Okta Touch so I could port in.
If all is ok in about three days I should have all calls on this number going through Telecom New Zealand.
And no, I don't feel bad for leaving Vodafone behind. For a few months I've been contemplating doing it, but this week something happened that tipped me over to the other side.
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First Yelp app review from New Zealand is out!
Is Facebook two factor security message showing in timeline for you too?
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