Recover Old Landline Telephone Number

[toygal88]

Hello, 

About 18 months ago, my parents switched service providers and decided not to port their land line - we've had that phone number for about 40 years. I moved into a new house recently and would like to recover that number for my own use. Is this possible?

Any info, shared experiences or advice is much appreciated!

[toygal88]

so sorry, I should have mentioned that they switched from Sky to Virgin.

[Mark39]

@toygal88 I'm afraid the likelihood is that the old number will have been recycled and re-used long ago.

[toygal88]

I tried calling the number but the message says that "the number you have called is not recognised..." so fingers crossed it's still available.  

[Mark39]

Even if it were, I don't think Sky have a way of allocating a specific number to a new connection, or swapping the number on an existing connection. BT might have the functionality that allows it. 

[mormegil]

Numbers can only be recovered by a different provider to the one who ceased the number within 30 days of the number being ceased