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How to get PACs

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on 22-January-2010 17:17

There's been several discussions regarding PACs.  I have no affiliation with this web site, nor does it have a complete list of providers, but it can prove useful:

 

http://www.paccodes.co.uk/

 

You tell it your current network and it tells you how to get your PAC.  Just choose anything for who you're porting to.  giffgaff isn't there and it makes no difference anyway.

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on 26-March-2010 05:35

well as we know that the giffgaff is powered by 02 then to get pac codes 02 can help

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on 26-March-2010 07:50 - last edited on 26-March-2010 07:51

londondealer1 wrote:

well as we know that the giffgaff is powered by 02 then to get pac codes 02 can help

 

No, that's incorrect reasoning.

 

The PAC is obtained from the network one is leaving, not the one being moved to, and then given to the new network. So if leaving O2 to go to giffgaff then that would be true, but otherwise contacting O2 (n.b. letter O not number 0) is of no relevance to the transaction.

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on 26-March-2010 08:40 - last edited on 26-March-2010 08:46

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------londondealer1 wrote:

well as we know that the giffgaff is powered by 02 then to get pac codes 02 can help

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Yeah you are exactly right andy. the only code that o2 could generate are their own PAC codes.

With this PAC you can bring your existing (keep) number to giffgaff. Nice! :smileyhappy:

 

 

On the flip side the only thing we can do is create a PAC if (In the unlikely situation) you want to leave giffgaff. You then take this giffgaff PAC, give it to another provider and take you existing (keep) number from giffgaff to your new provider.

 

Think donor versus recipient.

Bring you number to giffgaff. O2 (Donor) > giffgaff (Recipient)

 

If you then want to transfer your number out of giffgaff we then become the donor.

 

giffgaff (Donor) > another provider (Recipient) Only the donor can provide you with a PAC code.

 

I hope this helps clarify the situation.

 

 

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