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Forums › Spark New Zealand (including Skinny and BigPipe) › use old telecom mobile after porting its number to 2degrees?
colmack

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#77651 19-Feb-2011 08:57
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Recently I bought a new mobile phone (2Degrees) and changed its number to correspond to my old (Telecom) cellphone number. No problems here.

Is my old Telecom mobile (basic, ie no SIM card) good for anything other than scrap, now that its number no longer applies? 

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  #441422 19-Feb-2011 08:59
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Connect it on Prepaid?



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  #441424 19-Feb-2011 09:02
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You can use it for anything on any network. Put a SIM card in and you have it working.




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  #441426 19-Feb-2011 09:05
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I *think* he has a CDMA mobile and is asking what he can do with it?



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  #441428 19-Feb-2011 09:11
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Oh, yes. If it is a CDMA handset then it is worth of Trade Me...




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  #441429 19-Feb-2011 09:11
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Paper weight

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  #441437 19-Feb-2011 09:55
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Starship Foundation accept old phones, so would be going to a good cause.

Probably better than using it as a paper weight :-P

http://www.starship.org.nz/phone

 
 
 
 

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  #441553 19-Feb-2011 23:12
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Thank you for your suggestions. Looks like Starship will be getting it!

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