In article <zKadnTFMS6mvuHDVRVnyiQA@bt.com>, x@y.z says...
> 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?

In the UK credit does not "expire". To keep the phones "alive" you need
to make a chargeable call every x days. With Orange the x=180, most of
the others are also 180, I believe Vodafone x=90.

SO as long as you make a call every couple of months you'll be safe.
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Regards
Jon