Can anyone recommend a UK PAYG SIM that will not steal your money and drop the phone number if you forget to pay them money or use the SIM for a few months?
This is for a phone that will be used once in a blue moon but needs to be working when picked up and will receive the occasional call.
You could go for a low cost pay monthly plan - some are £5/month which is not a lot in the scheme of things, to get what you are wanting - rather than PAYG
Quite possibly so, although even that irks me if you see what I mean. ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by MartynJC (UK)
Three PAYG Sims never expire. Just need a call, text or use some data once every 6 months to keep active.
https://www.three.co.uk/Store/SIM/Pay_As_You_Go
Thanks. Every 6 months is better than most, from what I've seen.Quote:
Originally Posted by KingKitega
Are you Jason Bourne?Quote:
Originally Posted by markrlondon
I can't remember.Quote:
Originally Posted by demonloop
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Originally Posted by markrlondon
I have one on giffgaff, two on 3 and one on Virgin (it's a long story).
One call every six months - it's quite easy to manage. No expiry.
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Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian
I use Giff Gaff for 3 SMS only applications at my house and as long as a call or message is sent every couple of months, the system stays live. Two of the systems do this automatically in the settings but one I have to interrogate it to get a (charge) reply to ensure the sim doesn't expire. It's probably a fairly reasonable rule from the mobile providers so that old unused numbers are freed up.
Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by broxie
If they have money then I do not think that it is reasonable. There is no shortage of available number space (there are one billion numbers in the UK mobile number space, although not all can be used for organisational reasons) so, if money has been paid and the account is in credit, there is no good reason to terminate a service except for money-grubbing greed.Quote:
Originally Posted by broxie
There’s probably a (small) ongoing cost in keeping a number ‘live’.Quote:
Originally Posted by markrlondon
Well, fractions of a penny per year perhaps, taking total aggregated systems management and maintenance into account divided across all issued numbers with cash paid in. I.e. It does not even remotely justify closing an account with more than, say, 1p in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingstepper
The only justification that telcos have for closing accounts that are in credit is that (a) they can (because idiot customers agree to it) and (b) it naturally suits them to take money for providing nothing whatsoever in return.
have had a tesco mobile sim PAYG for about ten years, still works keep it in an old mobile in the draw, I honestly can't remember the last time I topped it up
Interesting, thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xantiagib
I set a monthly task to ring one phone from the other and vice versa. The hardship is not too onerous.
To be brief, that is not a reliable process for this application. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Templogin
checked it just now - has 20p in credit and I got it well over 10 years ago - I used to use it whenever I went to UK and topped it up then - then when the level playing field EU roaming was introduced I stopped using it.Quote:
Originally Posted by markrlondon
Though now with brexit it may see a revival.
Very useful, thank you for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xantiagib