"John" <x@y.z> wrote in message news:zKadnTFMS6mvuHDVRVnyiQA@bt.com...
> I'm just about to come to the end of an 18-month contract with BT
> Fusion and don't want to have a contract with anyone anymore as it's
> too expensive (wife and me hardly use mobiles really - when we do it's
> just for a couple of minutes at a time, and we bloody HATE texting;
> can't get to grips with it at all).
>
> Apparently we get to keep the handsets we have (Nokia 6136) and I
> reckon that the way we use them, a ten-quid top-up will last us at
> least three months, maybe a lot longer, so my question is, which
> network is best for "long-lasting top-ups"?
>
> In other words, I don't want to get a ten-quid top up and find that it
> expires after a couple of months because I haven't used it. It is
> possible that I may not even make ten-quids-worth of calls in an
> entire year so are there any networks where it would still be active
> after that length of time?
>
>
Asda Mobile PAYG would seem the best bet at the moment, calls cost 8p
per minute to other mobiles and landlines, text are 4p, and there is no
expiry on top-ups as far as I am aware, as long as you make or receive a
chargeable call at least once every 6 months. They are on the Vodafone
network so pretty good coverage, SIM cards are 50p inc. postage when
ordered online, and you even get £1.00 credit thrown in. Customer
service has been brilliant when I have contacted them, so it really is a
very good deal.
http://www.asda-phones.co.uk/StaticOffers/offers1.aspx