Reactivate Disconnected Phone No. but Not Sure Who Was The Previous Provider

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  teacherer on 29/06/2017 - 21:02

  +1

  If it was deactivated there is a very very slim chance you'll ever be able to get that number again
  When I worked for a telco they went into a quarantine after disconnection for months (3 or 12 or something)
  And I never heard of someone getting theirs back

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    jimbobaus on 30/06/2017 - 11:46

    Quarantine is 24 months minimum.

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      teacherer on 30/06/2017 - 12:28

      Sounds familiar

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    [Deactivated] on 30/06/2017 - 13:01

    quarantine is 6 months minimum, and number can be removed from quarantine to re-allocate to the previous customer. the quarantine isn't to stop someone getting their number back, it is to prevent it being allocated to another customer straight away.

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      teacherer on 30/06/2017 - 13:55

      We were told otherwise
      There was a story shared at the yearly conference in which someone had their late fathers voicemail message on their number
      It was disconnected, one day later they tried to get it back and it was gone

      Months of work and the higher ups involved ended up getting it back
      Extra mile rardyrar.
      Point being its nigh impossible

      If you have experienced otherwise then I'd be inclined to believe you

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  teacherer on 30/06/2017 - 12:28

  In saying that. If you go to telco they will probably be able to look you up even if it's deactivated
  If you ask nicely and theyre not busy

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    PAPower on 30/06/2017 - 13:29

    Can I ask any provider to look up or it has to be the previous provider of the number?

    Tried to chat with Telstra support ytd but they can't do anything as they don't know the previous provider.

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  teacherer on 30/06/2017 - 13:52

  I doubt phone support would do anything
  When working for a telco
  If I searched a number, all previous owners came up
  To share the info you would have needed to know the pin though

  So in theory you could go to each telco and ask them to look you up
  As above, not much of a point though