Comments on: Address Migration http://www.dummies-for-destruction.co.uk/random/2007/06/address-migration/ Dummies For Destruction - A drop of blood in a sea of piss Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gordon http://www.dummies-for-destruction.co.uk/random/2007/06/address-migration/comment-page-1/#comment-161646 Gordon Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:35:27 +0000 http://www.dummies-for-destruction.co.uk/random/index.php/?p=4463#comment-161646 Who me? But you are right. The days of proprietary lock-in are on the decline in some areas but, alas, not in the mobile phone land. As you say, you end up going through some weird phone-SOMETHING-phone loop and that gets old very quickly. I believe some of the shops will do a phone transfer for you (for £25 or something) but I can't believe they have access to any special software that isn't available to everyone else... and if they do I'd wager you can 'find' it on the internet anyway.. Who me?

But you are right. The days of proprietary lock-in are on the decline in some areas but, alas, not in the mobile phone land. As you say, you end up going through some weird phone-SOMETHING-phone loop and that gets old very quickly.

I believe some of the shops will do a phone transfer for you (for £25 or something) but I can’t believe they have access to any special software that isn’t available to everyone else… and if they do I’d wager you can ‘find’ it on the internet anyway..

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