I’ve recently switched from Virgin to Id opting to port my old number. Apart from avoiding the nuisance of alerting all services linked to my Virgin number to a new number I chose not to accept an ID mobile number because they are re-issued to new customers after being out of circulation for 90 days only. Has anyone experienced calls on a newly issued number relating to a previous user ?
Thanks
JW
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Hi
I can’t say I’ve heard of people having been given a fresh number by iD Mobile and being called by the previous user of the number.
Tom
Hi Tom...it’s definitely a thing in the States. Logic would suggest that once a number is on the data base of this or that call centre it is possible that you might receive calls on a recycled number. When I looked after my late mother’s affairs I would use my mobile number which is still receiving calls regarding her previous address...she died in 2014. So it seems that a number does remain on data bases of call centres for quite some time. It’s likely that when Virgin re-issue my old number the new user will continue to receive calls associated with my name. However, in the big picture it’s perhaps not a significant issue as there is useful software these days which will auto block calls from numbers no longer in my contact list and over which I have a degree of control in answering or not. Thanks for your reply.
And in reading your initial answer Tom it’s not the problem of being called by a previous user of a number but rather being called by parties who had that number on their data base.
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Hey
Numbers are recycled on most UK networks and as each database callcentres hold is managed by themselves it’s possible this could happen.
Mohammed
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