Jon wrote:
> 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.

Thanks everyone, looks like Asda for us )

John