I'm wondering if anyone could recommend a pay as you go sim deal that would be good for someone who almost never uses their phone? Very small amount of data used and just a handful of texts a month.
I was with 1pmobile but they've introduced minimum monthly spends now so am wondering if there are any better options.
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sorted byHaha, that's true
I contacted O2 and they wouldn't say what the exact requirements were for topping up but they indicated if their pay as you go sims weren't regularly used/toped up the sim could be disconnected. They wouldn't say what regular use was (either amount or time period) but I imagine if it's not topped up it would be disconnected pretty quickly. I got the feeling that pay as you go customers weren't particular wanted by O2 and instead they wanted to get people on contracts.
In 6 months you have to do something chargeable point 7.1 (Tesco Mobile the same). I used Tesco Mobile for my Father. £10 min topup, gives £10 free credit also which expires after 30 days, but is used before your credit. The original £10 never expires long as you do something chargeable before the 6 months.
o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/mobile/on-pay-and-go-our-service-terms-are-worth-a-read (edited)
Yeah , looked into a few myself for credit expiry. Went with Tesco as it was £14.99 for the device £10 credit which goes to £30 credit (It's actually double free credit but notice the prices) but the original £10 only requires the chargeable call every 6 months . After that free credit expires you can move to the lite tariff. Tariffs below.
tescomobile.com/help/managing-your-account/change-your-tariff/change-your-pay-as-you-go-tariff (edited)
RWG is 6 months of non-usage prior to disconnection, not 90 days. 6 months of non-use is near-impossible to achieve considering the freebie monthly allowances; just by turning a smartphone on every 6 months will use minimal data of the freebie inclusive allowance and so re-trigger start of another 6 month period. Or belt&braces: make one inclusive call or send one inclusive text every 6 months.
(t&c qualification phrase: "...every six months...a deduction from the credit or Allowance recorded against your Account...").
A rarity - someone who actually closed the loop with a proper update.
Yes. One-off £5 then nothing more to receive the recurring allowances.
"...Just do a one-off top-up of £5 to get the free allowance each month until cancelled. Your £5 top-up will remain as credit on your account..."
https://www.rwgmobile.wales/webshop/pay-monthly-sims/free-50-mins-sms-plus-250mb-data/
which was free, but it looks as if they've now introduced a (one off) £5 charge.
RWG mobile
Do you know if this one will require a top up to use it, or can it be used for incoming calls only, as is? Thanks
That's pretty good. Many others are half that (RWG mobile is 90 days for example). Like I say I think the person I spoke to at O2 seemed only interested in pushing contracts and not pay as you go customers so I guess didn't seem to want to give me a straight answer.
I think 3UK have started charging £10 for the sim card and then you get your free 200mb every month as long as you do a chargeable activity every six months. Please check.
RWG customer support told me 90 days. If disconnected they have the ability to reconnect you for an additional 90 should you contact them. And every 90 days they say there must be an action that is chargeable so you must do something that isn't in the freebie monthly allowances. This is just what their customer support told me. (edited)
Customer support can incorrectly state its t&c. The pre-purchase t&c clearly states SIM deactivation at end of month 7 (seven) of no usage based on 30 days notice at end of month 6 (six).
Same t&c states the end-of-month-7-deactivation can be avoided by usage; t&c quotation of the reset trigger being "deduction from the credit or Allowance..." (highlighted here) and the undeniable allowance with the subject SIM is freebie monthly recurring 50mins/SMS+250MB.
Highly unlikely the product signup t&c would say different.
More likely the CS jockey is confused or would benefit from some refresher training. Detrimental "but your rep told me" isn't going to trump contractual t&c.
Or RWG needs to amend its t&c and notify all customers of affected products of the detrimental change, plus decline options.
All irrelevant if you can tolerate the huge inconvenience of turning on the smartphone containing the RWG SIM at least once every 89 days
RWG states you need a to place an "initial top-up" of £5 to start the free 50 min / texts plus 250MB of data every month. Just to clarify, does that mean you only need to top-up £5 initially and its not a monthly top-up thing?