hi people,
it's years since i've spent any time on usenet, so forgive me if i
break any rules with this post!
i have been with o2 for 4 years, and my contract is due to expire this

Do the UK networks have any regulations around the issue of porting and in
particular time frames for completing the porting process? I ask because I
was told the porting process would take 7-10 days... If this process were to
still to be unresolved, oh say after a month, would the ...

HOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Aaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!
Ahem...  no screws visible, indent at the top doesn't seem to be a catch,
just want to get in and clean it all up. Seems to work ok, 'cept for
switching itself off now and then. Seemed like the sort of fault that

I will go to Rome (Italy) for holiday (4 days). I expect that not too
many calls I will make there.
I would like to ask my question here and want a confirmed answer.
Can I bring my orange sim roaming there to make Italian freephone

The advert on the radio states quite clearly, for new users in the first
three months on selected video talk plans, a person can send as many free
text messages to any network as they like.
The next bit states a fair use policy applies, meaning that the first

Currently acclimatising myself with a 3510i.
All seems well until I compose and attempt to send an SMS message.
When I go through the motions and eventually hit send,Eureaka...a number
appears automatically in the Phone Number dialogue box.

hi there ...
my missus has been receiving regular `nuisance` calls [hang up when she
answers] on her T-Mobile contract phone, from a "number withheld" - for a
couple of weeks now, so i called up T-Mob this morning, and asked them what

Have been looking for some articles about how 3 are doing. Can't
really find much, apart from some BBC stuff saying they've lost 2 out
of 3 investors, and only have a 1/5th of the customers they'd hoped.
Any links to other stories. Please no "they certainly don't have my

I just bought it about 3 months ago from expansys. It's had a sheltered
life and hardly been used since.
It has worked flawlessly (using bluetooth to give an internet
connection) but last time I used it I seem to have left the charger

Signed up for OWA yesterday, and after reading Jon's comments about it on
the 7th June, that MMS/SMS weren't included
Rang O up, and they said it was..
Bit confused?

I like the free email its utterly fantastic.
Can we get through the limited services area with the phones browser
We have on all our three phones features enabling any URL, or even IP
number.

Is there some code/text I need to include in my SMS if I want it to be
received as a flash message (which appears on the screen)?
Does it matter which handset I send from (usually Nokia 6210, 8210, 8310,
3310) or which handset I send to?

As in subject line...
NEC e313 on 3Pay PAYG is being advertised in Superdrug shop windows at
only £30 if you purchase a £15 calltime voucher (total cost £45). That's
only £5 more than Amazon's price of £39.99 WITHOUT the calltime voucher.

I have had no O2 signal in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, since yesterday
evening. I have an O2 Online contract. Where do I report such things? Surely
not the 50p a minute phone line?
Many thanks.

Anyone know what it costs to send a text message from Spain to UK using an O2 sim (£10
month 300 free text/wap)?
thanks.
Paul.