Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
U R DUMPED.. MOBILE USERS CAN SWAP NETWORK BY TEXT
No more hassle getting hold of PACS
MOBILE phone users will be able to ditch their providers by text in a shake-up of the rules.
Firms are going to have to send out PACS to anyone requesting them by SMS. At the moment users have to call to get the special codes, and sales staff usually try to harangue them into staying or delay the handover. The days of stumping up bills to both the old provider and the new while the changeover happens will also be over, as Ofcom rings the changes.
The watchdog’s Lindsey Fussell said: “Too many people are put off by the hassle of switching provider. Our changes will make it quicker and easier. Customers will control how much contact they have with their provider, preventing companies from delaying and frustrating the switching process.”
But the change will not come in until July 2019. Website uswitch said: “Consumers shouldn’t wait that long.” DONALD Trump sparks health concerns as he uses two hands to sip from a glass of water like a child.
The 71-year-old President struggled with the small tumbler during a speech in Washington DC.
Tom Joseph said on social media: “Anyone can clearly see Trump’s crumbling health.”
Others mocked him for drinking “like a four-year-old from a sippy cup”. A Twitter user wrote: “Trump reinvents the act of drinking water every time he does it.”
He lit up the internet by using an unconventional technique to sip from a bottle last month.