1 contract, 2 sims, 1 number

[ChrisRS]

Hi

I have a Blackberry Bold on Vodafone which i'm rather fond of, however it's a little bit precious when it comes to been used in a dirty enviroment, ie weekends of grafting on the house.

Is it possible to have 1 number spread across 2 sim cards, therfore allowing me to use one crappy handset for best and one for when im house bashing. I know i could just swap the sim into another handset but i dont like the idea of taking the phone apart every day and it take an age for the Blackberry to wake-up after a full power down.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I had a contract with orange that if you rang the main number it rang to the other phone if the main phone was switched off, and I didn't pay for the diverted call. (and I didn't pfaff about with changing the call forwarding etc)

So yes, I guess other networks would do that.

[ChrisRS]

Thats the kind of thing im after, would like it to work when the main handset was put into offline mode, time to call Vodafone i reckon. Cheers

[FourWheelDrift]

Vodafone used to do it with their Multisim option but they canned it making some excuse that it didn't fit well with their GRPS data network. But since people only wanted to use voice calls it seemed an odd response.

PAYG phone with minimum £ on the phone and forward calls from your Blackberry to it when it's off or not responding?

[skenergysolution]

If you are a business customer then they might just accommodate for it, otherwise I won't hold too much hope.

[LordGrover]

skenergysolution said:

If you are a business customer then they might just accommodate for it, otherwise I won't hold too much hope.

I doubt it. We used to have a dozen or so multisims with vodafone but we were forced to dump them.

[Mosman]

LordGrover said:

skenergysolution said:

If you are a business customer then they might just accommodate for it, otherwise I won't hold too much hope.

I doubt it. We used to have a dozen or so multisims with vodafone but we were forced to dump them.

Take a look at this, dual sim / one number from Orange...

http://www.scancom.co.uk/section.php/2784/1/orange...

[LordGrover]

orange said:

Single Number is currently NOT compatable with shared talk plans.

Most businesses have a shared plan though.

[skenergysolution]

LordGrover said:

orange said:

Single Number is currently NOT compatable with shared talk plans.

Most businesses have a shared plan though.

Surely it should be ok for the lead handset to be able to have Single Number?!

[LordGrover]

Searched orange website and the only reference i could find to dual sim is here: Click orange

Reading that it seems to be the opposite - one sim with two numbers.