No monthly fee sim card...

Gers

...does such a thing still exist?

We've got some techie things to attach to gadgets in the house which are controlled (on/off) by a text to a sim card. Ideally want on which does not incur a monthly fee, just a fill up and use one. I know that they were around a few years ago but am struggling to find one now - can anyone advise please?

Gloomendoom

Where have you looked? They are everywhere.

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Gers

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Where have you looked? They are everywhere.

Try this link
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Think I may not have explained clearly what I wanted...a sim card with no monthly fee. Just plain use it and top up.

Inner_Zone

Gers wrote: »

Think I may not have explained clearly what I wanted...a sim card with no monthly fee. Just plain use it and top up.

All PAYG SIM cards are just that, only the bundles if purchased expire after 30 days, the credit if not used for a bundle it will remain indefinitely provided a chargeable event is made usually within every six months but does vary by network, (GiffGaff also allows incoming calls to count but the calls must be a certain minimum time length).

This question gets asked nearly every week in the Mobiles section of the forum.

shortchanged_2

Three payg is pretty good. Rates are good for a payg and your credit doesn't expire. Give them a look.

Norman_Castle

OP I've sent you a private message.

Gers

It's official...I'm a numpty!

Didn't realise that the SIM card doesn't need any credit as we are only going to send texts to it, it won't be doing any outgoing stuff.

Thanks to the guy in the EE shop in Glasgow who managed to not laugh at this little old lady!

J_B

Gers wrote: »

It's official...I'm a numpty!

Didn't realise that the SIM card doesn't need any credit as we are only going to send texts to it, it won't be doing any outgoing stuff.

Thanks to the guy in the EE shop in Glasgow who managed to not laugh at this little old lady!

But, don't forget that there must be a 'chargeable event' every X days (not sure what X is with EE) - I don't think that receiving a text counts .... does it??

prowla

Three say that their credit never expires.

One problem with PAYG SIM cards is that the providers will disable them if they haven't been used for a period of time (3-6 months).

J_B

prowla wrote: »

Three say that their credit never expires.

The OP just said she was with EE

prowla wrote: »

One problem with PAYG SIM cards is that the providers will disable them if they haven't been used for a period of time (3-6 months).

Indeed and the rules are different for each network .............

prowla

J_B wrote: »

The OP just said she was with EE

Did she?

J_B wrote: »

Indeed and the rules are different for each network .............

Yup.