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Old Aug 23, 2024 | 9:49 am
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Originally Posted by atflyer
a) Has China Unicom minimum times you need to keep a contract before you can move to another subscription?
b) Can you get SMS-es abroad while having a minimal subscription (I see options in the 8-28 Yuan/M range)
c) There seems also an option to put your phone contract in dormant state that allows you to keep your number for 5 Yuan/M, and then you can reactivate by calling the service line - does anyone has experience with this, I assume you will not be able to receive SMS-es abroad
I don’t have China Unicom (have China Mobile) but…

a) Worst case if you can’t get out of it, I think you can just stop paying and get a new phone number from another company, and switch all of your services over. I tried to open one of those cheap plans from China Unicom and was denied (see upthread)
b) Yes
c) Might as well do the 8 yuan plan instead
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