Cell Numbers: Are they going to be transferable?

[kuhli]

I've heard rumour that cell numbers are going to be transferable as of October 1...anybody validate this?

[Kor]

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I've heard rumour that cell numbers are going to be transferable as of October 1...anybody validate this?

I thought they already were?

[Smarty39]

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I thought they already were?

Me too And they already are within the same service provider for sure.

[gaffer]

Re: Cell Numbers: Are they going to be transferable?

I've heard rumour that cell numbers are going to be transferable as of October 1...anybody validate this?

Do you mean being able to take you Telus number to Rogers?

I heard on the radio the other day that it would happen in 2 years.
Link to news article

Andrew

[kuhli]

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The Telus to Rogers one is what I'm after...Telus turned down the power so bad I can't have a conversation in Renfrew. Only one solution for that...oops, I lost my phone.

[R-Audi]

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Oops you lost your phone, now you are hit with a cancellation fee...

I am going thru this currently. I actually lost my Bell phone.. and full cost replacements are around $250. My other choice is teh $299 contract cancellation and go to Rogers and use Handmedown Blackberry from my Dad.. (Which is $299 on a 3 yr contract normally..)

[kuhli]

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I'm told it's 7.95 per month with Telus to have a cancelled phone, apparently they can't charge you more than that if you choose to not replace your phone...

[R-Audi]

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I heard it was minimum 100 or something like 10-20 per month from telus...I could be wrong though, it was brought up on Beyond. for me it is for 2 yrs and a few months.. costing me 299

[Stonewall]

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You see this is why I like Rogers phones, most used phone type in the world so they are cheap to find plus the max you pay for a buyout is $200.

[pipesley]

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Just tried to transfer numbers from Fido to Rogers (which owns Fido) and they said they cant do it yet, but soon.

[kuhli]

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Has anybody else heard this about a 'lost phone' scenario with Telus? I mean the $7.95 per month if the phone is lost...

I read it on Beyond.ca a few months back but I've not had anybody else validate it...

[Cordialtea]

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Hey My Cancellation with BELL is only $100.00 if I was to quite with them. With Roger's I had to pay $200.00. Fido phones are crap from what I have heard from people. I used to have a pay as you go Roger's phone what a piece of junk that was.

Cordialtea