Reply With QuoteI got one for my wife and it's with Three. The credit lasts forever but you do have to make a call every 3 months to keep the number live.
Eddie
Hello.
My 83 year old mother had a mobile phone on PAYG which she uses once per week to phone a taxi when she's finished her shopping, and for emergencies. Needless to say getting through £10 credit takes her forever and she rarely tops up.
The network "disconnected" her because she hadn't topped up in a good while, so she threw the phone in the bin (doesn't understand SIM cards). Now I'm tasked with buying her a new phone which I have no problem with, but I'm wondering if anybody knows the best network to go on for longest permitted time between top-ups while still keeping the service active?
I got one for my wife and it's with Three. The credit lasts forever but you do have to make a call every 3 months to keep the number live.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Doro 5030 from Amazon for around £15 and then Giff Gaff a package to suit.
I am a poor old pensioner and there are thousands of cracking deals for us. PAYG is dead in the water now a days.
Buy her a cheap dumb phone ( Nokia 3310 is bomb proof) for about £50 tops and then she can have a £10 package that will keep her going for a month dead easy.
Thank you Eddie. Three looks good, it looks like it's now 6 months between calls to stay connected based on their website. I have ordered her a SIM from them.Originally Posted by swanbourne
Perfect, this is what I'd been looking at and have got one on the way now.
Cheers!
Yes, my Dad loves it. Very easy to use and loud.
GiffGaff PAYG just needs a text or phone call every 3 months to keep it active.
Which network was she on? That's pretty shameful to disconnect her if she was using it regularly.
I have a "spare" phone (an ancient Nokia) with an O2 PAYG SIM, which I was forced to buy when I bought a phone for my Mrs. ~10 years ago. I put £10 credit on it when I bought it, and have topped it up exactly once since (with another tenner). I send a text to my main phone every few months to keep it active, and it's still going strong, and last time I checked still had about a fiver's worth of credit.
Cheers,
Plug
Giffgaff payg is 15p / min. O2 payg is 3p / min which is why I swapped.
I had an old Tesco contract sim that ended . The number is still active and I call it once in a while to see if it’s live . I think this keeps it going . Contract ran out well over two years ago
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It's when the emergency phone's in the car and you forget. I've lost two SIMS this way - they stole my remaining credit.
My O2 is 30p/min!
Three is 3p/min though.
I use this (3) for my backup phone and SIM.
I also have a Virging SIM on 2G
My wife and her mother are both on Giffgaff so their calls between them are free.
Giffgaff is may main phone too - so the wife can call free.
Both three and virgin require a keep alive call every once in a while.
B
I use a Vodafone PAYG when I'm on the railway. Don't suppose I use it more than once a month. Not had a problem so far. Top up about £20 once a year.
O2 Classic 321 tariff:
Calls 3p/min
Texts 2p
Data 1p/mb
I was happy with a pay as you go phone until it started eating money for no reason. I`d put £20 on it, hardly used the phone, and the money would run out!. In the end I gave up, I`m in the minority thesedays that doesn`t use a mobile phone.
Paul
The mice in your car have developed sentience...
Thanks, I'm on'Web & text' but I'll switch at the next top up.
Posting Permissions
