Pac code number: Switching Roaming Rules

The Switching Roaming Rules carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 30 to 30 day, read 17 October 2026.

30 to 30 day Range of the published figures 3 published figures, not one market: read the rows
3 Published figures from 3 source pages, read 18 Oct 2026
3 of 17 Sources read that publish one 18% publish a figure at all
  1. Lebara: keep my number30 day
  2. SMARTY: PAC code or STAC code30 day
  3. Vodafone: how do I get a PAC30 day
One figure per source, highest first.
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RowValue
Lebara: keep my number30 day
SMARTY: PAC code or STAC code30 day
Vodafone: how do I get a PAC30 day

3 of the 17 named sources read in full publish a figure; 14 publish none, read 17 October 2026.

Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.

SourceFigureRead
Lebara: keep my number30day2026-10-17
SMARTY: PAC code or STAC code30day2026-10-17
Vodafone: how do I get a PAC30day2026-10-17
The sentence each figure was read from (3)
  • Lebara: keep my number, read 2026-10-17: This PAC will be valid for 30 days.
  • SMARTY: PAC code or STAC code, read 2026-10-17: Note that a PAC is valid for 30 days following your request, so if you still wish to transfer your number once this period has passed, you will need to request a new code.
  • Vodafone: how do I get a PAC, read 2026-10-17: We'll send you a code within two hours and it lasts for 30 days - after that you need to get a new one.

Read in full, publishes no figure

14 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.

Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).

3 of the 17 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 14 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.

The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in day (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 38 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.

The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per rule per operator: the shortcode, the stated reply time, the code's validity window and the switch-completion deadline as each operator publishes it, set against the statutory position in the regulations; the derived figure is the spread between what the rules require and what each operator promises - operators publish their own promise, nobody publishes the twenty-odd of them side by side with the statutory floor

38 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.

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The Switching Roaming Rules carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 30 to 30 day, read 17 October 2026.

3 of the 17 named sources read in full publish a figure; 14 publish none, read 17 October 2026.

Cite as: "SIM Only Deals Compare Switching Roaming Rules", updated 2026-10-18, https://simonlydealscompare.co.uk/datasets/switching-roaming-rules/.

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30 to 30 day

3 published figures, Switching Roaming Rules, across 3 sources, read 17 October 2026

Source: SIM Only Deals Compare Switching Roaming Rules

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