Hi,
I just got a letter from TPO saying that they’ve gone into administration and to port number by the 26th!
I doubt Zevvle will be ready in time but I’m outta this contract!!
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Given it’s history I can’t say I’m surprised.
Could be good news for Zevvle though if they can get visible enough to suck up some of those customers.
@nick anything the community here can do to help?
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They certainly don’t give you long… unfortunately we won’t be live in time, though it looks like they’ve ‘partnered’ with SMARTY so you could get a month free.
Goes to show that a noble idea (10% to charity) doesn’t make up for bad service (from what I’ve heard/seen – not a customer myself).
thank you, Alex! Honestly, I don’t know at this point; maybe when we’re closer to launch… the fact that you’re asking means a lot 
I’ll port my number over to the smarty SIM that came with the letter then port it again to Zevvle
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I was with them for a very short period. Probably the shortest time I’ve ever been with a mobile operator due to their switch from EE to 3 going badly wrong. SMARTY is nice tariff, except it runs on 3, which based on past experience means battery drain due to stretched network coverage, and 3 based operators having very variable customer service.
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Curious to know why they collapsed. Surely they should’ve been at least breaking even (why would you ever sell something at a loss?). Too much overheads?
Having been looking around at various news articles and the Wikipedia.
On 20 January 2014, TPO announced that Jimmy Wales had joined the organisation on a £250,000 annual salary[15] as co-chair of the board, and had “taken a strategic stake in the business.”
If as a startup they were paying that kind of salary for a few years, is it any wonder they weren’t able to make a profit. I suspect they were trying to grow too fast, and then the migration from EE to 3 which failed spectacularly (I was personally affected), it really didn’t help them at all with trying to retain customers.
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