Re: Odd contract/tariff request

Thus spaketh Ed Chilada:
> I need a mobile phone tariff for emergency situations. The details
> will be:
>
>
> * It will *never* make any calls (outgoing calls barred might even be
> useful).
>
> * It will probably receive and send text messages at the rate one or
> two a day.
>
> * It will receive a phone call once in a blue moon when the emergency
> situation arises.
>
> * Whilst the phone will need to be on all the time, it might not
> receive a phone call or in some circumstances even a text for weeks.
> It needs to not 'expire' during this time.
>
>
> Whilst I don't mind paying perhaps over-the-odds when I need to use it
> (in the emergency situation), I want to avoid too much ongoing costs
> from just running the mobile. On the face of it, PAYG would seem to
> make sense, but I believe there's a minimum spend each month these
> days? Also, since I won't have access to the phone most of the time
> (it will be given to an elderly that won't really know much about
> mobiles), I won't be able to handle it regularly in order to keep it
> going (can PAYG top-ups be applied remotely? I've never had a PAYG
> phone..).
>
> Thanks for any help.


Not tried it, but does not using the cash machine to top up, do it
without having to enter anything on the mobile?

Not all PAYG tariffs require you to top up each month, it's just some
that do to enable you to get extra benefits, I know on Vodafone and
Virgin you don't have to top up each and every month.

With Virgin you can go on their PAYG tariff but have it set up as direct
debit, so if you make no calls and texts for 3 months you get no bill,
any calls and texts you do make will be billed every 3 months, so if in
that 3 months you have only made 5 texts, then only 5 texts will you be
billed for.


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