Went on contract against my will, "impossible" to move back to pre-paid. ***?!

<p>In October 2015 CellC phoned me wanting to sell me a data contract with a free 3G router, which I accepted... What I didn't realise at the time was that they would CHANGE my number to a DATA ONLY contract, which removed my ability to call outwards completely. I thought that my number would remain pre-paid for airtime and the data would be on contract, so I lost calling functionality for a good few days.<br /><br />I tried multiple times (about 6 times), to cancel this contract which they didn't let me. They kept telling me to call different numbers and then when they finally did call me back to "confirm" I was in a meeting, and when I phoned them back they'd deleted the request so I had to start from scratch.<br /><br />This morning, months later, I decided to try again because I hate being billed monthly, particularly for something I didn't want in the first place.<br /><br />I phoned them and they told me that it is IMPOSSIBLE to move my number back onto pre-paid. In other words, they can move you onto a data contract FROM a prepaid which they'll happily bill you for monthly, but the reverse, to go back to how it was originally, is simply physically impossible. Cannot be done...<br /><br />According to CellC, once you go on any kind of contract, particularly a data one which you didn't want anyway (only took it because of their spam calls offering 3G router which I've never used to be honest - my own fault for not just hanging up...), you are stuck on contract forever... For the rest of your life you will be billed monthly regardless of what you want. It's a one-way change which is IRREVERSABLE.<br /><br />If I cancel it they say I'll use my number (which, by the way, was on prepaid for 10+ years until their marketers phoned me and f'd me over like this)... Not cool CellC. Please guys I know that it has to be possible to move a number onto pre-paid. What if I port to another network? Or is that now also impossible because I was ******* into this ridiculous "deal"... Really not cool guys... I've been patient but the word "impossible", seriously? You're going to lose a customer and I'll tell everyone to AVOID your one-way contracts at all costs if that's the case. I'm pretty sure the other networks would be more than accommodating for such a basic request??</p>