Using a PAC code....

spoony77 · 2 Jun 2020 at 13:16

Hi people
I've been with the same phone network for years but they won't give me a sim only deal that's competitive. In fact they won't even offer me the deal they are promoting themselves on the Uswitch website......
So I've asked for my PAC code and am considering switching for the first time ever.
However I keep getting cold feet and panicking about the risk of something going wrong and losing my phone number and all the issues this would cause.
Am I being silly is switching networks easy and straight forward?
Can anyone give me any tips or advice to make things straightforward?
I'm thinking of going with Lebara.
Cheers

GMac11 · 2 Jun 2020 at 13:18

I've never had an issue with using a PAC. I assume you have yours now? You just give the PAC to your intended provider and they do the rest.

spoony77 · 2 Jun 2020 at 13:22

Yes I've got the pac code Im just waiting for the new sim to arrive In the post before I switch.
I just don't want any stress keeping my number.

tom_e · 2 Jun 2020 at 13:24

I've had no issues using a PAC to switch between networks and keeping my number and I must have done it every 12-18 months for the last 15ish years.

spoony77 · 2 Jun 2020 at 13:41

tom_e said:
I've had no issues using a PAC to switch between networks and keeping my number and I must have done it every 12-18 months for the last 15ish years.

That sounds reassuring thank you.

ttaskmaster · 2 Jun 2020 at 14:02

Wife just switched from Voda to Three. It took a couple of days for the PUC to go through, as they were having network issues, but all is well as of this morning.

GMac11 · 2 Jun 2020 at 15:43

spoony77 said:
Yes I've got the pac code Im just waiting for the new sim to arrive In the post before I switch.
I just don't want any stress keeping my number.

Should you not have been asked for the PAC when you ordered the SIM? Are you changing to a rolling monthly SIM with Lebara? In either case it should be fairly straightforward to apply the PAC retrospectively.

spoony77 · 2 Jun 2020 at 17:27

GMac11 said:
Should you not have been asked for the PAC when you ordered the SIM? Are you changing to a rolling monthly SIM with Lebara? In either case it should be fairly straightforward to apply the PAC retrospectively.

I've ordered a 30 day no contract type rolling sim yes with Lebara.
I wasn't asked If wanted to keep my number when ordering the sim so I assume I do this when I've received it.
That's another question actually I have to setup my Lebara account once the sim arrives but do I register the account using the phone number that comes on the sim or the number I'm going to keep via the PAC?
So confusing lol...

Tee Hee Johnson · 3 Jun 2020 at 14:25

spoony77 said:
I've ordered a 30 day no contract type rolling sim yes with Lebara.
I wasn't asked If wanted to keep my number when ordering the sim so I assume I do this when I've received it.
That's another question actually I have to setup my Lebara account once the sim arrives but do I register the account using the phone number that comes on the sim or the number I'm going to keep via the PAC?
So confusing lol...

My gf moved from ID to Lebara and kept her number using the PAC code.

All went fine