wife's vodafone contract is up, as her phone is a replacement and only 6 months old shes not interested in a new phone and is looking at sim only, also it keeps the costs down

looking only at vodafone (nothing else works at home), anything with 600+ minutes ( dont care about 4g but 500mb of data would cover her modest use ) is about £14+ per month but on sites like e2save you can get this with cashback for £5-7 depending on which you choose, heck of a saving providing you remember to claim

problem is im lead to believe you cant port vodafone to vodafone so is her only option vodafone -> different network payg sim -> new vodafone sim only contract?

its the only thing i can think of unless anyone knows an easier method

no, that's not right, you can't port vodafone to vodafone because porting means transferring to a different network.  You're not transferring.

Try phoning Vodafone Retentions to see if they will match it?

If not then I think your number transfer method may be the only other way - unless there's an Asda/Tesco style 'piggback' operator that uses the Vodafone network?

Asda uses Vodafone, tesco uses o2

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Asda uses Vodafone

 

Maybe not? Unless they've moved back?

 

Its award-winning customer service slipped dramatically in 2013 when Asda switched from the Vodafone network to EE, causing months of problems and leading many previously happy users to jump ship.

My bad

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TalkTalk piggybacks Vodaphone.  Both are **** in my experience.

Vodafone in some areas uses the O2 mast network, in others O2 uses Vodafone. Where I stay voda used to be the only signal we could get, now they moved to the nearest O2 mast we can't get a signal from either voda/o2 or from three/EE network

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sainsburys use vodafone, so would i be ok porting to them?

sainsburys use vodafone, so would i be ok porting to them?

 

Yes.

Using Vodafone at work the coverage around the UK is diabolical.

I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

In many parts of Scotland it's the only signal I can get

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same here, its the only thing that works :(

In many parts of Scotland it's the only signal I can get

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Strange that, as years ago Voddy and O2 put up joint masts al over Scotland, leaving the other networks floundering. I remember some years ago  with a works O2 and personal Vody getting equal signals all the way up north. In fact it was only in extreme places (Glencoe etc), that I got no signal on either.

Back OT.

 

Contact Voda and ask to switch the SIM to PAYG; most operators allow this - I have only heard of one that wont.*. You will keep the same number and phone, or put the SIM in any phone you want.

 

If they wont, try GiffGaff, order a SIM and test it in the phone at home; if it works, use the GG website to transfer your old number to the GG SIM - they guide you through the (fairly easy) process and it takes a few hours for the number to become active (did this myself yesterday to replace a SIM that didnt fit my new phone).

 

*TalkTalk are loath to give away their numbers; after my landline was handed over to them without my knowledge or consent, I lost the landline number I had for 15 years and had to get a new line fitted to get control of my phone and internet back.

what ive done is goto sainsburys, ( they use vodafone & i confirmed it can be ported to them ) and then either stay with them, not a bad deal or switch back to vodafone when we find a cheap deal