When I signed up to Vodafone in March I thought my contract with T-Mobile was only a 12 month one, but when I tried to get a Port Authorisation Code I was told I still had another 6 months left - so I had signed up to an 18 month contract without realising. Oh well I thought, I'll just pay the line rental on my old phone till the contract expires, thankfully it wasn't too horrendous.

So I wait another 6 months and ask for my PAC again, and I'm told I still have 1 more month left, how long is this damn contract?

So I wait another month and ring T-Mobile. I finally get my PAC! I ring Vodafone to give them the PAC and I'm told "you can only transfer your number in the first month of your contract". DAMN!

That's just brilliant! There's no mention of this rule anywhere on T-Mobile's or Vodafone's websites, although they do mention porting when joining but no actual time limit apart from the 30 days that a PAC is valid.

There's nothing left for me to do but continue to pay T-Mobile AND Vodafone, until my Vodafone contract expires in March 2006. Then I will have decide if I want to start a brand new contract with them or cancel the one I have now and go back to using T-Mobile - or maybe try Orange or O2 - and this time, transfer my number immediately!

*sigh*