Anyone migrated to O2 yet after the UK launch?

I am porting from T-mobile, after getting the phone this morning (gave up last night due to the chip & pin problems in CPW).

I got an email saying "The porting of your existing number to your iPhone *can take up to 5 business days*. A text message will be sent to your iPhone once your existing number has been transferred."

Then an hour or so later, I got a text saying that my number will transfer on 19/11/07. Due to the weekends, this squares up with the 5 business days, but I was hoping it would take less. A call to the O2 support people confirmed what the text said - and he thought it impossible for an earlier port...

Anyone receive something similar?

Guess I will be carrying around two phones for another week and a bit!

Tristan

Not yet.

I have the same 'Temp Number' solution for now... Got a text to me old phone this afternoon, saying that the number will be active on the iPhone from 19th (hardly the quoted 5 days, but there you go!).

Just for the record I am porting my number to O2 from Vodafone.

Paul

Why not just set your old handsets to divert calls to your temporary O2 number. That's what I've done and it works fine.

My O2 number ported over in 30 seconds last night.

o2 customer

Sounds like O2 like AT&T was not really ready for the number of activations. Also possible that the problem (time delay) maybe caused by the old service not allowing the transfer or being ready to handle the number of concurrent transfers.

Sounds like a lot of other phone vendors were not ready to handle such a load and now there is a queue. Your old service may also be slowing down things to give the customers that are leaving a bit of a sour taste for the iPhone in the hope they return it and come back.

Who knows?

Just set text forwarding too.......

I got the same sms today saying I had to wait until the 19th for my number to be ported over.

I called Vodafone last night and the guy told me they couldn't give me the PAC number over the phone and it would be mailed out to me but could take 3-5 business days. I was a bit hacked off but figured that was just their system, even though when I was transferring to them 4 years ago, T-mobile gave me my PAC number on the phone. Feeling like I was fobbed off now that I see other Vodafone customers got codes on the phone. I'll be calling them tomorrow and telling them I want the number before I hang up the the phone or I'm calling the watchdog.

I'm an o2 simplicity customer and had my number ported as soon as I entered the details into iTunes. My old phone went offline and the iPhone sprang to life with my old number transferred to the new one.! I have no admit that where credit is due - it all went really well and i'm impressed with o2. I'm going to transfer my girlfriend to o2 simplicity based on this experience (from vodafone)