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Cheapest, Longest Expiry for a PAYG SIM?

boredmonkeyman · 2011-04-05 14:01:12

Hi, I'm at the end of my Orange contract and have moved to Canada for work. I want to switch my number to a PAYG SIM and keep my number until I return with the lowest cost (I only receive texts from friends/family and use my Canadian phone for calls). I already have my PAC code and now looking for a new network. So my…

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mrcamp Posts: 309 Forumite

23 April 2011 at 1:22PM

I am US based and have kept my sim card (Virgin or Tmobile) active by just making a GPRS connection. Just open a simple website such as google. Charge is usually around 10p or so. I do this once every 6 months if I am not going to be in the UK.

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