Trying to use MNP to shift from Airtel to Vodafone

[Sushubh]

Airtel coverage has been very spotty in my region. Too many call drops. Decided to switch to Vodafone. Filed the application today. Was told that I would have to wait for 7 days. And if it does not change, Airtel has rejected the request. I was told that if the request was successful, the connection would stop working at night and the Vodafone SIM would be active by morning. And then I would have to recharge it to start using it. I paid 19 rupees for the application. 1 rupee for the port SMS.

 

[amish]

Great and good luck!

 

[agantuk]

Haha. I guess I am the only one who hasn't paid a single paise for either of my porting applications. I didn't even pay for the starter pack 😛

 

[Sushubh]

just got an sms from airtel that they would get back to me shortly 😕 and i should save the porting code for reference. 😕

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are they going to play the retention game with me? i mean do they talk to people who have applied for MNP? 😀

 

[kunalgautam]

are they going to play the retention game with me? i mean do they talk to people who have applied for MNP? 😀

Yes wait for their call =))

 

[Sushubh]

haha ok. considering i cannot really receive calls properly in the basement, they are in for a major disappointment.

 

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[amish]

Oh but did u verify u get Vodafone signals in basement or not?

 

[Sushubh]

heh nope. this is more of a gamble that could cause me 6 months of frustration. i would change the number yet again if vodafone fails. 😛you raised a valid point though, i should have purchased a vodafone prepaid sim just for testing alone 🙁i am however expecting airtel to block my MNP request. 😀

 

[amish]

You dont need to purchase a SIM... u can ask any one friend/relative who has Vodafone to lend you their mobile or invite them over.If you cant ask them...then call up a vodafone representative at home! And check if his mobile is catching signals!! 😀

 

[Sushubh]

ah well. too late for that i guess. i am more worried about vodafone's edge services. i did not even check if they offer it on roaming. 😕 any ideas?

 

[amish]

Yes EDGE has all india roaming at same cost. Atleast applies to us Mumbai users.

 

[kunalgautam]

haha ok. considering i cannot really receive calls properly in the basement, they are in for a major disappointment.

Yah going upstairs to bathroom after waking up, and meeting unknown people is really disappointing 😛

 

[Sushubh]

today is the 6/7th day. and it is still not done. looks like my request has not been processed by airtel. 🙁

 

[hitman]

I wanna port my mom's phone number from reliance to vodafone .. But tht number is having a lifetime validity with expiry on something like 2017 .. Will it be possible to port the number or will reliance can reject the request stating its validity is for lifetime??

 

[IndianMascot]

why don't you check the status from Vodafone. They can tell you the stage .