everlasting sim

meepatme

hi guys is there such a thing now as a everlasting sim whereby you dont need to top it up. am looking for pay as you go sim for an old person who wont use it but to make call in emergancies etc so the lowest amt of topups per year to keep it alive any ideas?

medic1978

i would recommend either virgin mobile or tesco mobile.

both very straightforward and no minimum top-ups.

I think the sim is continuously connected on virgin but you may need to make/receive a 1 sec call every 6 months or so...

dandare

i have had an orange payg, was my dads, for about 2/3 years and ive never put a penny into it in that time, i dont know the ins and outs of why its still working but there you go, i just use it for incoming calls.

medic1978

dandare wrote:

i have had an orange payg, was my dads, for about 2/3 years and ive never put a penny into it in that time, i dont know the ins and outs of why its still working but there you go, i just use it for incoming calls.

It is still working as you obviously use it to receive calls. Most sims require that you make or receive a call every 6months to remain active (some less often than this and some more).

redux

The 6 months make or receive a call condition seems to apply to most (or all?) networks, rather than any top-up requirement.

Virgin has the reputation that the time goes on rather longer, and some others say they will reconnect SIMs on request.

Don't bother with easyMobile, as they have a low use monthly charge

dandare

i see, i thought you were required to put money into at some point, that a fraction of say £10 top up goes towards using the network or something.
theres me thinking i got lucky with it, ah well the no:s getting moved to a contract now, too many free deasl out there not to take one up.