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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / March 2007Longest Expiry Period of PAYG Sim?
Hi, Which service provider gives the longest expiry period on their sim cards? By that I mean, the longest period without making a call or sending a text. So far, I can find Tesco at 6 months! Are there any SP's with longer periods? > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > So far, I can find Tesco at 6 months! Are there any SP's with longer > periods? Im with orange and I asked them your question some time ago. they said so long as you have money on credit with them thell keep the account open indefinately. Tho I probably only make half a doz calls a year. Just have it for emergencies and to take incoming calls. Thanks Ted. I'll look into that. BTW don't sign up with Vodafone PAYG. I was a couple of days over their 30-day maximum and they shut my account AND kept my £15.00 credit! When I contacted them, they said take out a contract or p**s off! Charming! >Im with orange and I asked them your question some time ago. >they said so long as you have money on credit with them thell keep the >account open indefinately. >Tho I probably only make half a doz calls a year. >Just have it for emergencies and to take incoming calls. > Thanks Ted. I'll look into that. > > BTW don't sign up with Vodafone PAYG. I was a couple of days over > their 30-day maximum and they shut my account AND kept my £15.00 > credit! When I contacted them, they said take out a contract or p**s > off! Charming! Their PAYG Original is more sensible. >>Im with orange and I asked them your question some time ago. >>they said so long as you have money on credit with them thell keep the >>account open indefinately. >>Tho I probably only make half a doz calls a year. >>Just have it for emergencies and to take incoming calls. On Mar 29, 3:43 pm, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Thanks Ted. I'll look into that. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Vodaone is looking like a total waste of f.cking space on payt they disconnected mine by mistake, reinstated it after I kicked up a fuss, failed to return a promised call querying whether it was going back on the original tariff, and disconnected it again less than 3 weeks later > Im with orange and I asked them your question some time ago. > they said so long as you have money on credit with them thell keep the > account open indefinately. > Tho I probably only make half a doz calls a year. > Just have it for emergencies and to take incoming calls. They disconnected my old sim that had not been used for a while. Their T&C page states: "We will disconnect your Device if during the previous six months, you have not Registered a new Top Up or you have not made chargeable calls from your Device or received incoming calls on your phone." >They disconnected my old sim that had not been used for a while. Their >T&C page states: > > "We will disconnect your Device if during the previous six months, >you have not Registered a new Top Up or you have not made chargeable >calls from your Device or received incoming calls on your phone." And I doubt there was any refund of credit you had purchased? This is getting to be a nice little earner for sp's and not entirely legal I bet. >>They disconnected my old sim that had not been used for a while. Their >>T&C page states: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > getting to be a nice little earner for sp's and not entirely legal I > bet. I had an Orange PAYG SIM turned off due to non-use. There was a fair amount of credit on it. I simply called Orange, and had the money credited to another SIM. >> They disconnected my old sim that had not been used for a while. Their >> T&C page states: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > getting to be a nice little earner for sp's and not entirely legal I > bet. To be honest I didn't bother trying as there was hardly any credit left on the sim. >Im with orange and I asked them your question some time ago. >they said so long as you have money on credit with them thell keep the >account open indefinately. As usual, Orange have either lied or given an incompetent reply. It is normal for Orange PAYG SIM cards to be disconnected and the credit lost if a call or text is not sent or received within a 6 month period. There will always be exceptions to this rule where one has been missed but the above is generally true. In the past, Virgin have been very unlikely to disconnect a PAYG SIM even if it had not been used in years. HTH. R. > Which service provider gives the longest expiry period on their sim > cards? By that I mean, the longest period without making a call or > sending a text. > > So far, I can find Tesco at 6 months! Are there any SP's with longer > periods? I believe Virgin is 1 year. >I believe Virgin is 1 year. Although I have Virgin SIM's that are still working after two or more years without making or receivings calls/texts. R. |
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