Transferring Numbers (PAC Code...)

[Guest gmatharu12]

Hey everyone, my contract with T-mobile is ending in a week, I currently use the T-Mo MDA Vario II. It has been great and I have been looking into a new phone.

The following seem to appeal to me (in order of preference):

Asus P750

Samsung G810

Nokia N82

MDA Vario III

LG Viewty.

Moving on though, Lets just go with Asus P750 for now. I want to keep my T-mobile number but want to start a new contract with T-mobile by buying a Asus P750 from Expansys. I have been told by a Expansys and 2 T-mobile customer representives it would be impossible to transfer my number between contracts, is this true?? And why isn't it possible, it seems really odd.

If its true I can't, Can i bring my number to a Orange or o2 Pay-as-you-go SIM Card, then request a PAC code to transfer it back to a new Expansys T-mobile contract??

Do you think you have to wait at least 30 days before you can request a PAC Code?

Thanks very much in advance. I have transferred my number 2 times, So I've planned to keep my number a lot and its worked really well every time.

Cheers again (and any comments on any of the other phones I mentioned vs the Asus P750 are welcome).

[Guest Mysterious Stranger]

Port out and port back. Used to take 30 days to action, now it takes 5 or 6. You can leave the PAYG as soon as it is connected. My favourite is going to Virgin - a virtual network using t-mob's infrastructure run by t-mob for virgin ( least it was a few years ago)! And they say it can't be done within the same network....

M.S

P.S Or get a kaiser/ameo as an upgrade, flog it and buy the Asus offline. Sort of thing I usually do.

[Guest gmatharu12]

Awesome! Thanks for the advice, I believe Virgin is still one of those virtual networks, so yea I'll do that. I'm not good at selling my stuff online or offline, let alone I have a MDA Vario II I could sell too.

Cheers M.S, Much appreciated...