Pay as you Go sim cards

[telboy1938]

Hi, May I first apologise if I'm in the wrong department. I have recently up-graded my phone and would like to make use of my old phone by inserting a "pay as you Go" sim card ( having a completely different number) topping it with say £10.00 credit and sticking it in my vehicles glove compartment as a stand-by should I forget the new one. All the cards I have come across seem to require a monthly top-up but I know that it was possible to get a sim which remained in credit as long as you used it occasionally. Can anyone tell me if the facility is still available please? Thanks. Tel

[Buenchico]

You appear to be looking at either 'pay monthly' SIM cards or at certain special offers associated with some PAYG products. A normal PAYG SIM doesn't require any regular top ups.

All SIM cards will expire if they're not used over an extended period of time. The phone companies have to impose such a restriction so that they can reallocate unused numbers. (If they didn't do so, they'd soon run out of numbers).

Vodafone, for example, will disconnect the service to a SIM card if it hasn't been used for a chargeable outgoing call for 180 days. However the clock starts running again if any top up is made within that period. Further, once you've been cut off, you've still got 90 days to let them know that you want your service reconnected (free of charge) and your credit reinstated (with no deductions).

So as long as you make just one call (or top up your credit) every few months, you should have no problems using a Vodafone PAYG SIM.

However, if you want a PAYG SIM on the Vodafone network, don't buy it with the Vodafone logo on it. If you do, you'll be charged 20p per minute for calls and 10p per text. You can buy a Vodafone SIM which will only cost you 8p per minute for calls and 4p per text. It will cost you a fiver but it comes with £10 of credit on it! As I've indicated, it's actually a Vodafone SIM but it doesn't have the Vodafone logo on it. So where you can you buy this bargain? See here:
http://tinyurl.com/346swv2

Chris

[telboy1938]

Thanks Chris, As I will keep my mobile number on the new phone, will the asda sim come with its own new number?
Thanks
Tel

[Buenchico]

Yes, all SIM cards have a number pre-allocated to them.

[telboy1938]

Thanks Chris....Wish all my queries were answered and solved so competently.
Regards...Tel