Recycled number

<p>Hello Peter,</p> <p>I recently signed a contract with Vodacom for a new contract. Upon activation of the sim, I began receiving a lot of sms's and calls from people who were trying to contact the previous "owner" of the number that has been given to me. I asked the call center many times to assist but they claim that they cannot help since numbers are recycled after 5 months of inactivity and its up to me to inform callers. Please Vodacom, I'm sure you can give me a new number since this contract is just 4 days old and I simply cannot go about my days explaining to the numerous callers (and Whatsapp groups the former user was a part of), that this is now my number.</p> <p>I'm at my wits end and not enjoying my new relationship with Vodacom.</p> <p> </p>