If you stop paying all Vodafone will do is to disconnect your service, slap a default on your credit file which will be in place for the next six years and pass the debt onto debt collectors who will catch up with you when you return.
If your plan comes to an end or you cancel your Direct Debit, this doesn't automatically cancel your contract. Instead, you'll move onto a rolling contract and will continue to be billed at your usual monthly rate. This same process will happen if you request a PAC or STAC but don't use it.
Here are the steps on how to cancel your Vodafone contract using a PAC code: Get a PAC code. You can get a PAC code by texting PAC to 65075, or by calling Vodafone customer services on 191. Give your new network provider your PAC code. Your contract will be terminated.
How to cancel Vodafone broadband if you're out of contract. If you're currently out of contract, then you may not even need to tell Vodafone that you're leaving. This is the case if you're leaving Vodafone and signing a deal with another provider on the Openreach network (such as BT, Sky, TalkTalk or Plusnet).
The best way to cancel your account at the end of contract is by a PAC or STAC code. If you want to keep the number on an alternative network, text for a PAC and submit the PAC to the network. If you don't want to keep the number get a STAC and submit the code to any other network and the contract will end.
If your plan comes to an end or you cancel your Direct Debit, this doesn't automatically cancel your contract. Instead, you'll move onto a rolling contract and will continue to be billed at your usual monthly rate. This same process will happen if you request a PAC or STAC but don't use it.
Almost all providers require 30 days' notice if you wish to leave.
It's true that 30 days notice is needed when cancelling the contract, even if the contract has ended. This is only applicable to a standard cancellation through, and if you're planning on using a PAC or a STAC, the account will only be billed up until the point the new network completes processing of the PAC/STAC.