Transferring Telephone

[Downloads]

Don't know if there is any knowledgeable person here, but I just called Virgin to transfer my telephone back to VM and I told 'em i wanted to keep my number. They said they will add the telephone to my package but that I would need to tell Sky I wanted to transfer my number to Virgin as part of the cancellation.

That didn't sound right to me, but fair enough if it is, just wanted to make sure now rather than later.

Any confirmation that CS was correct/incorrect would be appreciated!

[jb66]

You'll need to ask sky for a number porting code to give to virgin

[Downloads]

Thanks very much for that, that sounds realistic, I couldn't understand what Sky would do with the information I was transferring to Virgin, I assumed there must be an exchange of something, the CS rep never told me I needed a code!

Thanks again!

[BenMcr]

You don't need a 'number porting code' to transfer a landline number from one provider to another

That's for mobiles!

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For a landline all you need to do is give your new provider the number you want to keep. They should then do the rest

What you shouldn't do is cancel your Sky account until the port has been arranged - as the line needs to be active to accept the request. Reqesting cancellation yourself stops this happening

[jb66]

What's to stop folk stealing numbers?

[Downloads]

Ahh man. So basically I have to call CS back up and ask them again. Typical.

Thanks for the help.

[Digital Fanatic]

What's to stop folk stealing numbers?

The current user of the number would get a letter from their provider, saying the've had a porting request.

[Downloads]

I just called them back yet again and they said you can't number port from Sky to Virgin...

I'm getting slightly frustrated now!

Man I hate calling India.

Is this true?

[Peter_]

I just called them back yet again and they said you can't number port from Sky to Virgin...

I'm getting slightly frustrated now!

Man I hate calling India.

Is this true?
Call tomorrow morning from 0800 onwards the earlier the better to get more sense out of them.