http://www.techcentral.co.za/half-a-million-s-africans-port-their-numbers/10233/ South Africa's technology news leader Wed, 16 May 2012 18:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.techcentral.co.za/half-a-million-s-africans-port-their-numbers/10233/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Ben Kelly Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:45:40 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=10233#comment-287 I have ported twice. Once to MTN and then back to Vodacom. Both times the process was deeply flawed and the first time I ported I could only intermittently receive calls from Telkom line for about 3 months after I ported. It took a phone call from a cellular engineer to a friend of his at Vodacom to sort the problem out. The second time I had a better experience but it took close to a month before all the kinks were sorted out. I doubt I will be porting again when I renew my contract, but I may decide to change service providers which will provide me with another opportunity for experiencing the porting process. I have ported twice. Once to MTN and then back to Vodacom. Both times the process was deeply flawed and the first time I ported I could only intermittently receive calls from Telkom line for about 3 months after I ported. It took a phone call from a cellular engineer to a friend of his at Vodacom to sort the problem out.
The second time I had a better experience but it took close to a month before all the kinks were sorted out.
I doubt I will be porting again when I renew my contract, but I may decide to change service providers which will provide me with another opportunity for experiencing the porting process.

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