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Which Sim keeps credit longest

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  • 29-01-2012 12:00pm
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    jpfahy
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    I need a Sim for my alarm panel dialler.
    It must have credit but will only use any when the alarm goes off and it rings me.
    To keep running costs down, which network, O2, 3, Voda, Meteor, etc. keeps credit live the longest without topping up (and doesn't delete your number over time if not used)
    Thanks in advance


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    Davy
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    O2

    Credit will stay intact once you make a call or text once every 6 months.


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    JTMan
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    jpfahy wrote: »
    I need a Sim for my alarm panel dialler.
    It must have credit but will only use any when the alarm goes off and it rings me.
    To keep running costs down, which network, O2, 3, Voda, Meteor, etc. keeps credit live the longest without topping up (and doesn't delete your number over time if not used)
    Thanks in advance

    Tesco Mobile keeps regular credit for 2 years.


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    JTMan
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    Davy wrote: »
    O2

    Credit will stay intact once you make a call or text once every 6 months.

    That's reasonably standard, Tesco Mobile is better.

    3, like O2 has the following T&C:
    If you make at least one chargeable call every six months, you will keep your top-up credit active and prevent it expiring. If you don't do this, your cash credit will expire after six months of non-use.


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    Davy
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    Fungus wrote: »
    Tesco Mobile keeps regular credit for 2 years.

    Im not sure what you mean by this, you still have to use the credit once in the 6 months to keep the number active. If you have not used it in 6 months the account it frozen, and then in 6 months later it is recycled and credit gone unless you have rang CC to reactivate it.

    I wouldn't use 3 has he is probably using a gsm dialler. Other networks require topping up more frequently, one €5 topup on o2 could in theory last years once used once every 6 months


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    JTMan
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    Ok. I was just took the information from the Tesco Mobile website.

    They simply say ...
    And remember that your normal Top Up lasts for two years, so there’s no need to worry

    As you pointed out, their detailed T&C's, highlight the fact that you need chargeable calls during that period.


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    Davy
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    To me that means an expiry on the credit even if you use the sim every 6 months. Such a term doesn't apply with O2 to the best of my knowledge


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