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fly4fun
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Porting Fiasco

Moved my broadband and landline to Plusnet in April. They failed to port my old landline number
using the PAC from previous provider SSE. The old number was then lost unless I agreed to a
chance I "might" get it back in 6 months time.
In August I had the same problem this time Plusnet failed to port my old mobile number on
21 August as they said. Now September 1st and still waiting.
Worst still Yesterday in a botched attempt to put matters right Plusnet in error ported
my wife's Iphone number, redering her phone inoperable, to a gent on a different network.
The man was utterly fed up of my phoning the number and having to say sorry but you now
have my wife's number. What a fiasco and needless to say after waiting 10+ days Plusnet
have still not ported the old ASDA mobile number I need reinstated on my mobile phone.
I even e-mailed ASDA mobile why their PAC number had not worked. Their response was
they could not tell because once the number left them they destroyed the papers.
My wife's agreement to port away her number was never sought and her Iphone is
useless until she gets her number back. On Plusnet's performance of keeping me
waiting ten days we are concerned her Iphone, which is very important for medical
providers services, may take even longer or her Iphone number lost forever, just like
our landline was! I doubt this fiasco has been equaled by other providers.
Never keep all your eggs in the Plusnet basket like we presently have with broadband
landline and both our mobile phones. All three Plusnet accounts at this address
now having been attacked by inept porting!

ASDA say

I can confirm the number you have gave me has been released however I cannot confirm the PAC code as now the number has left the network the account has been deleted from us so I cannot see the notes with the PAC on.

Essentially ourselves and plusnet use the EE network meaning we will use the same technical team when dealing with the transfer this means plusnet if they have no already should be raising the port fail with the porting team for them to investigate and ultimately solve.

When you were given the PAC plusnet would request your number and files to be transferred from us to them. At this stage until Plusnet raise it to the porting team they won't know if it a problem on our end releasing the files or whether the delay is due to them.

I am sorry I could not give you more information but hopefully you find this information useful

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RebekaPreston
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Re: Porting Fiasco

Hi fly4fun,

Apologies for the late reply, I have been away from the office. 

 

I'm really sorry to hear about the issues you're experiencing with your port in. The port-in process takes up to 1 working day when processed before 6pm on a weekday or up to 2 working days when processed after 6pm to complete; there will be some disruption on the network in the meantime and we don't process ports of a weekend but this is part of the process.

Porting a number is a very intricate process which involves our network liaising with your previous network to get the port completed. There are alot of separate porting files and information that need to be carried over through the network. On rare occasions, an issue can occur where we've not received all the files or a technical glitch along the way. If this happens, it is then raised with our Operations Team who'll investigate further by contacting your previous network to get this resolved as soon as possible.

I do hope that this is now resolved for you fly4fun. If not, I would advise to give us a call on 0800 079 1133 and we can investigate further.

- Rebeka

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Thank you Rebecca,                           UPDATE

Three porting errors on each of the three accounts (two mobiles + BB&Landline are Plusnet).

Indicates porting is very hit and miss indeed.
Old Landline number failed to port upon joining Plusnet from SSE.
Plusnet said it might be retrievable in six months!
My old Asda mobile number failed to port 21 Aug, then took three
weeks to retrieve.

Fri 31 Aug my wife's I'phone went dead with no calls in or out.
Phoning her number was answered 3 times by a man annoyed at being told he had my wife's number.

He said he was on another network. He said he was expecting to receive a new number.
When asked what new number he read out my number *5059 not my wife's number *6116 which he

was then answering! This situation ceased after calling *6116 three times and *6116 later became

unobtainable.

It is clear from this that whoever ported away my wife's number had done so by finding her number at this

address instead of my number *5059 which was the correct porting target.

A very serious error as no authority existed to do this to my wife's phone and no notification given her

Plusnet intended to do so.

On 31 Aug *5059 at the same address was a porting target

Indeed on 30 Aug Plusnet email in reference to *5059 says....

"checked the status of your port in today and it is still pending.I will send a chaser email to the back

office team for you in hope to speed it up."

Unfortunately targeting the wrong number put my wife's phone out of action for five days and further

delayed porting to my phone once Plusnet realised something had gone wrong.

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The complaint to Plusnet remains unresolved and Plusnet deadlock letter issued.. 

 

RebekaPreston
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Re: Porting Fiasco

Hi fly4fun,

Thanks for providing an update to this issue. 

I'm sorry, but as this has been escalated to the Complaints Team and currently at a deadlock status, I'll be unable to look into this further, as they are a separate department. 

I do hope this is resolved for you soon. 

- Rebeka 

fly4fun
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Answered Plusnet Complaints email the day it was received 27 Sept. Still waiting today 9 October for their reply.  Unsure whether they are ignoring emails or the complaints system is so inundated it has buckled under the strain. .

 

Gandalf
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Sorry that you haven't had a response to your email yet.

I've given your case handler a nudge and he'll reply to you shortly.

Let us know over here if you need any further assistance.

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Good job getting a complaint, I've been without service for almost eight weeks and basically been denied the chance to make a formal complaint.

Gandalf
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@DiliMadawatNgaN, I've replied to your thread Here. I can confirm I'm dealing with this as a complaint and we're doing everything we can to get this resolved ASAP.

Honestly I don't believe there's anyone else within our complaints team that this can go to which will resolve this quicker. Also worth noting that I've been working closely with our complaints team regarding this.

For our complaints process, please see our complaints code of practice Here.

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Thank you Gandalf,  Plusnet Complaints said they thought they had answered my email! 27 Sept giving that as

the excuse for the extended delay. So posting on the community forum did get Plusnet Complaint attention.

Complaints say two goodwill payments by way of compensation should arrive by ten days.

Hope we can then wrap it up and tick the boX!

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No worries.

I'm glad that my nudge had helped. Sorry about the delay you experienced.

Let us know if you need any further assistance.

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19 Oct 2018 Problem now resolved by Plusnet Complaints.

fly4fun
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It seems Plusnet Head of Customer Operations is unaware problem was resolved a week ago.
Email sent to my wife today 29 October 2016 06:02hrs

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We're sorry for the length of time it's taking to resolve your complaint. We'll continue to do our very best to reach a quick and satisfactory resolution. We'd like to thank you for your understanding and patience while we do this.
In the meantime, we'll carry on working to resolve your issue. If you need anything you can call us on 500 from your mobile or 0800 079 1133.
Best wishes,
xxxxxx
Head of Customer Operations

Giblet
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Sorry to hear of your porting problems. I am just at the start of what may be another fiasco. I have been trying to port my old number since Thursday. When I queried it today I was told the matter would be referred to the operations team and a response would be given in five days. Five days! Do PN communicate with carrier pigeons?

Not the best way to keep a new customer.

Giblet
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Ah ... my porting is now complete. I'm very relieved but why it takes a text and two phone calls to achieve it is beyond me. Hopefully my faith in PN is restored.

fly4fun
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Glad Plusnet fixed your porting so quickly Giblet!

Hope the trodden porting path has now been somewhat cleared of mines   :+)