Can a phone # be switched away from a grandfathered plan

**Fritz Z24** · 03-20-2012, 05:06 PM

KRZR101: THE ANSWER IS: NO!!!

Fido/Rogers forbidden such actions even with possible work arounds...

As per their business rule...

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**Dunlop** · 03-20-2012, 06:29 PM

ok but why?

**ircu** · 03-20-2012, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by Dunlop

ok but why?

Because they did/can/want to. It doesn't need to be explained really.

**georgethegreek** · 03-20-2012, 06:37 PM

What I want to do is keep the account and pass it onto my son to use with his smartphone and keep the number and move it to a blackberry.

**georgethegreek** · 03-20-2012, 06:39 PM

I called and even asked hey can I add Blackberry permisssions onto my plan as I heard others have done it in the past. the CSR told me they used to do that upto a few months ago...ugggh

**Fritz Z24** · 03-20-2012, 07:26 PM

Thank you for the clarifications, but once again, as per the Fido/Rogers business rules, they won't do anything for you unless you gave up your number to your son.

Hope this can help.

Originally Posted by georgethegreek

What I want to do is keep the account and pass it onto my son to use with his smartphone and keep the number and move it to a blackberry.

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**ircu** · 03-20-2012, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by georgethegreek

What I want to do is keep the account and pass it onto my son to use with his smartphone and keep the number and move it to a blackberry.

Request Denied. Sorry.

**georgethegreek** · 03-20-2012, 08:32 PM

If IOS had an app like phoneleash for Android I guess I could forward sms and phone calls to another line and use it in my Ipad...but no such luck.

**ceredon** · 03-20-2012, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by georgethegreek

What I want to do is keep the account and pass it onto my son to use with his smartphone and keep the number and move it to a blackberry.

The intent of the prohibition is to prevent exactly your use case, albeit more geared for people that want to sell their old plans instead of giving the away. It's meant to intentionally make that inconvenient for you by making you give up your number.

Make things easy on your family and move them to a carrier that is as anal. Not a positive trait in people nor in carriers.

**ceredon** · 03-20-2012, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by georgethegreek

If IOS had an app like phoneleash for Android I guess I could forward sms and phone calls to another line and use it in my Ipad...but no such luck.

Fido offers Extreme Text Messaging that allows forwarding and copying of texts (and call forwarding). I'm not seeing how it solves your predicament though.

**WorldIRC** · 03-20-2012, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by ceredon

The intent of the prohibition is to prevent exactly your use case, albeit more geared for people that want to sell their old plans instead of giving the away. It's meant to intentionally make that inconvenient for you by making you give up your number.

Make things easy on your family and move them to a carrier that is as anal. Not a positive trait in people nor in carriers.

Of course, you can't assume this is the reason, officially.

**KRZR101** · 03-21-2012, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by Fritz Z24

KRZR101: THE ANSWER IS: NO!!!

Fido/Rogers forbidden such actions even with possible work arounds...

As per their business rule...

Fritz Z24...

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Which I completely understand. Did I ever mention a way for him to do it? Or that it could be done? No. Please don't try and read into something that's not there. I was simply trying to tell Paolo what the OP was trying to do because it seemed to me like he didn't understand at the time. Calm down.

**ceredon** · 03-21-2012, 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by WorldIRC

Of course, you can't assume this is the reason, officially.

I suppose. Though it is the only reason I've ever heard proposed.

**WorldIRC** · 03-21-2012, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by ceredon

I suppose. Though it is the only reason I've ever heard proposed.

I would actually consider that a more significant reason this isn't done is due to billing confusion.

Over at Bell, trust me, we hate doing mobile number swaps...but we do them, as policy. But it sure creates billing confusion not only for the billing department, but for the users as well. I'm not sure about everyone else at Bell, but I seem to be the only person that understands them and how simple they really are...but even customer service reps manage to screw them up.

**Fritz Z24** · 03-21-2012, 11:53 AM

No worries I wasn't "High" at all...

Originally Posted by KRZR101

Which I completely understand. Did I ever mention a way for him to do it? Or that it could be done? No. Please don't try and read into something that's not there. I was simply trying to tell Paolo what the OP was trying to do because it seemed to me like he didn't understand at the time. Calm down.

Fritz Z24...

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