This is not good @SueTutton , the worst thing you could have done was to cancel the direct debit and stop payment, this would have immediately put you in the wrong and in default.
With you being a third party Carphone customer, the contract details should have been forwarded onto Vodafone and Carphone should have taken full responsibility for making sure the services were working correctly and given the appropriate correct advise and information.
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