i have just been speaking with Orange about closing my account, PAC codes etc
I spoke with Chris, and he was very helpful
he said they have had a trickle of people leave for the iPhone but they dont have many people leave anyway.
firstly, he said there was a rumour at Orange that they would offer free iPods for anyone wanting to leave for the iPhone. nothing as yet.
secondly, he offered me a £5 pm contract, for 18 months with 8 months (equalling mins and texts for lowest O2 equiv) free to stay with them. If it was for anything other than the iPhone, i would have said yes. I said if they really want me to stay, buy me an iPhone and pay my O2 bills. We both laughed.
Basically, the PAC code can take 5-7 days to transfer and that needs to be within the 30 day PAC code period i.e you need to give O2 the code about 21 days after you get it.
So... i recommend no-one gets their PAC code untill 19-23 October. This way there is 3 weeks till launch (21 days) and 9 days+ for number transfer.