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[Coolin]

I'm transferring my contract over to someone else and I wanted to keep my phone number. I researched this online and it seems like I would have to activate a new prepaid line and then do a number swap. I was wondering what the cheapest way of doing this would be?

After staring at Bell's website for a long time, I think it would work out to be the following:
$5 - Buying a Bell SIM card from The Source
$15 - Activating the SIM card online on prepaid
$15 - Minimum top up (is it necessary to top up if you plan on porting the number away in a few days?)
$25 - Number swap fee
Total: $60

Would the above even work? I'm not too sure about whether I'm allowed to activate SIM only on prepaid. Is there a better/cheaper way of doing this?

Thanks!

[WorldIRC]

I'm transferring my contract over to someone else and I wanted to keep my phone number. I researched this online and it seems like I would have to activate a new prepaid line and then do a number swap. I was wondering what the cheapest way of doing this would be?

After staring at Bell's website for a long time, I think it would work out to be the following:
$5 - Buying a Bell SIM card from The Source
$15 - Activating the SIM card online on prepaid
$15 - Minimum top up (is it necessary to top up if you plan on porting the number away in a few days?)
$25 - Number swap fee
Total: $60

Would the above even work? I'm not too sure about whether I'm allowed to activate SIM only on prepaid. Is there a better/cheaper way of doing this?

Thanks!

# Swap fee is $20 (from Bell)...store may also charge for their time (I've seen upwards of $50) (you can only request a number swap in store, I don't think CSR's even do these transactions)

[sparrow_69]

On EPP plans, simply having voice and $25 500MB data would be enough to make you eligible; you do not need to hit the $50 threshold on corporate plans. As for the hardware pricing, you would be paying $159.95 for the SGS III 16GB, not $0, as this is an upgrade.

If there is no threshold for corp plans, would the 10$/100meg data add on be sufficient for subsidized pricing? 30+5+10$

[WorldIRC]

If there is no threshold for corp plans, would the 10$/100meg data add on be sufficient for subsidized pricing? 30+5+10$

No, a real data plan of $25 or more is still required to trigger the discounted hardware pricing.

[momomonkey]

hi again,
i was just wondering is there a way for someone on bell to switch over to virgin mobile network? like as in move my plan to virgin which i am on contract with for bell?

[momomonkey]

also do you know if there are any internal plans that come with data? i have an iphone on a talk and text plan and want to switch with a plan that has 500mb of data at minimum

[WorldIRC]

hi again,
i was just wondering is there a way for someone on bell to switch over to virgin mobile network? like as in move my plan to virgin which i am on contract with for bell?

You can move to Virgin, but you would be treated the same as any new client on Virgin.

[WorldIRC]

also do you know if there are any internal plans that come with data? i have an iphone on a talk and text plan and want to switch with a plan that has 500mb of data at minimum

"Internal plans"? All of Bell's public offerings are listed on www.bell.ca

[momomonkey]

You can move to Virgin, but you would be treated the same as any new client on Virgin.

i see, hrmm would my contract be renewed to the full 3 years if i switched to virgin from my bell contract? or would it continue for the remainder of my bell contract
eg if i had 2/3 years left and i switched to virgin would i need to renew so i can switch to virgin making it 3/3 years again or would it just continue as 2/3 years but on virgin network?

[speedyforme]

What happens if I want to port my number from Bell to Telus within 30 days? How will this go about?

[WorldIRC]

i see, hrmm would my contract be renewed to the full 3 years if i switched to virgin from my bell contract? or would it continue for the remainder of my bell contract
eg if i had 2/3 years left and i switched to virgin would i need to renew so i can switch to virgin making it 3/3 years again or would it just continue as 2/3 years but on virgin network?

I'm not sure what you're asking. You can't "move" from Bell to Virgin like you can between Rogers and Fido. You can port your service to Virgin; you will pay the Bell cancellation fee and can sign up on whatever term with Virgin you'd like; there are no promotional offerings to move between the 2 carriers.

[WorldIRC]

What happens if I want to port my number from Bell to Telus within 30 days? How will this go about?

Can you expand on your question?

[speedyforme]

Can you expand on your question?

Meaning if my billing cycle is the 5th of every month. And I want to port my number out by end of the month (Aug 31st), how do I go about doing this? Will I also be charged from Sept 5th to Oct 5th?

[WorldIRC]

Meaning if my billing cycle is the 5th of every month. And I want to port my number out by end of the month (Aug 31st), how do I go about doing this? Will I also be charged from Sept 5th to Oct 5th?

You will be charged for 30 days of service effective the date you leave. E.G., if you port today (the 15th), then on your next billing cycle (the 5th), you will be charged Sep 5 - Sep 15 to complete your 30 days.

What you "should" have done was call Bell on July 31, and gave VERBAL notice for 30 days. Then on Aug 31, you could have ported and you would not be charged any further. But because you didn't, you will now be billed for 15 days of unusable service with no recourse (as the option I mentioned was available to you as a customer)

[speedyforme]

You will be charged for 30 days of service effective the date you leave. E.G., if you port today (the 15th), then on your next billing cycle (the 5th), you will be charged Sep 5 - Sep 15 to complete your 30 days.

What you "should" have done was call Bell on July 31, and gave VERBAL notice for 30 days. Then on Aug 31, you could have ported and you would not be charged any further. But because you didn't, you will now be billed for 15 days of unusable service with no recourse (as the option I mentioned was available to you as a customer)

Agreed, ok just wanted to confirm. The reason why I did not give notice was because I was not considering leaving until very very recently and this deal I want to move to is only good until end of month so I'm stuck in a rock and hard place.

Thanks!