number portability anyone?

[Dave A]

Oh yes it does. Thanks Martin.

I got a sense of the difference last night. Vodacom had issues connecting to USA based sites, no other network carriers were having the same problem.

[Dave A]

My son has just ported from Vodacom to Virgin. He's a pretty happy camper about it all.

It cost him R55, but he gets R50 in airtime, plus a whole bundle of Virgin goodies. The nearest thing to a hiccup is he did it on Friday evening. The actual switch only happens on Monday. Seems the porting only happens during working hours on weekdays.

And his real motivation - data at 50c per MB vs the R2 per MB he was paying at Vodacom.

[Dave A]

Just an update to say the porting went smooth as silk.

I only have one complaint - when you phone a ported number, while putting through the connection you get a rather shrill beep. Don't be in too much of a rush to get the phone to your ear.

[duncan drennan]

I only have one complaint - when you phone a ported number, while putting through the connection you get a rather shrill beep. Don't be in too much of a rush to get the phone to your ear.

I wonder if that is network dependant?

[Dave A]

Don't know. I was calling a Vodacom number that had ported to Cell C