reinhard Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 So I am about to move to a new town in summer/fall and over the years I have made quite a big list of contacts in my phone. I don't use any social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus or that sort of thing. Now the question is, how, and should I, tell people (apart from the close ones) that I will be changing phone numbers? If so, what is the least awkward way to do that? I am generally referring to people you sometimes sit next to class and talked to or you occasionally meet on campus. Do you guys keep in touch with those people?
the_sheath Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Not really. I'm a socially awkward person and can barely keep in touch with people in the same room as me. So I don't keep in touch, and if I haven't kept in touch I wouldn't say anything at all. If I wanted to tell them, facebook statuses seem like the most ubiquitous way to go, but I see you can't do that so easily. If people really wanted to get in touch with me, they'd contact people close to me, who do have my info. And of course, the closest they ever get to that is a coincidental meeting on some random street corner with some idle chitchat that ends with a fruitless and unpursued "We should hang out sometime". You describe them as random people who you barely even talk to. Why even tell them anything? They're only marginally closer than strangers anyway.
iphi Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 If you really want to tell absolutely everyone in your phone contacts (although I'm not sure why you would) you can send a mass text.
TakeruK Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 I am assuming you mean a cell phone, not a land line right? If you are in the US, you can most likely keep your old number! When I scroll through my contact list for my grad school friends, they all have different area codes and it's kind of fun/cool to see the different area codes matching up with the state they came from!
rising_star Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Honestly, I didn't realize people changed their number these days! If it's a landline, maybe you could move it to a Google voice number of MagicJack so you can still use it wherever you move. If it's a cell phone, I don't know that it's worth it. Most people I met in grad school didn't have a local area code for where school was.
seeingeyeduck Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 I still get email life updates from a couple of friends so you could email your closer circle. I wouldn't even contact people who are just acquaintances. If they're unlikely to actually call you, don't bother letting them know unless you really click with them.
wildviolet Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 I still have my original phone number from my very first cell phone (those flip ones where you had to text using the number buttons). It's kind of cool when I give out my number and people are like "what area code is that from"?
TakeruK Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 No I live in Canada. Oh, yeah, we have such a crappy cell phone market I was so surprised when I went to the US and "long distance" meant another country, not like 200km away! When I moved from BC to Ontario for my MSc degree, I sent an email with my new number to the people I wanted to keep in touch with. For everyone else (random people in class), I didn't bother. I used that chance to clear out my contact list basically. Basically, if I didn't talk to them on the phone in the last 30 days or whatever, I probably would not have kept them on my list after I moved.
reinhard Posted March 11, 2014 Author Posted March 11, 2014 Oh, yeah, we have such a crappy cell phone market I was so surprised when I went to the US and "long distance" meant another country, not like 200km away! When I moved from BC to Ontario for my MSc degree, I sent an email with my new number to the people I wanted to keep in touch with. For everyone else (random people in class), I didn't bother. I used that chance to clear out my contact list basically. Basically, if I didn't talk to them on the phone in the last 30 days or whatever, I probably would not have kept them on my list after I moved. What phone company you use? Fido is so expensive nowadays, the cheapest is now $29/month, I missed the old $10/month plan
TakeruK Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) What phone company you use? Fido is so expensive nowadays, the cheapest is now $29/month, I missed the old $10/month plan I moved to the US for a PhD program in 2012. But from about 2009-2012, I was on a Solo Mobile plan (Solo's parent company is Bell). When I moved though, they said Solo was no longer taking any more customers. My plan was $25/month + $10 for caller ID and voicemail. I got 100 minutes of talk per month and unlimited text, however after my 2 year contract ended, the "reward" for staying a customer was to get unlimited talk as well (I used like 10mins/month though). The unlimited talk was only local calls though and texting was Canada-wide. So it wasn't a very good plan at all. Before Solo, I had used Rogers/Fido pay-as-you-go plans. Right now, in the the US, I am paying about $40/month (only $5 more) for 2GB data, 1000 minutes and unlimited text across all of the US. Also, no contracts. I hope the new regulatory laws in Canada will make our market more like the US though. If you are going to be living in an area covered by WIND Mobile, I'd suggest looking into that! We were trying to find a plan for my mother-in-law, who would have very limited uses for a phone and we found some very useful and affordable options! Edited March 12, 2014 by TakeruK
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