Remember, the two most common prepaid expiries are 28 days and 30 days. Consider the number of prepaid recharges you would need in order to cover the days in a year with a prepaid plan from:.
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What Is 4G? What Is 5G? Why Is Data Getting Cheaper? What Is Data Free Streaming? In normal speak, that means a recharge expiry is the time during which your prepaid service will work. The most common recharge expiries are usually of days in duration. Other recharge expiries are available in Australia, from 1 day to days. Prepaid plans all come with a recharge expiry although this aspect of your service can be known by other names.
Those prepaid service features and any others you have will almost always reset at the end of your recharge expiry. Qualifying for the contracts involves credit checks and the contracts, running from 12 to 24 months, have penalty clauses for breaking prior to the agreed end date. Other phone companies emerged offering pay-by-the-minute and prepaid plans. When the terms of the plan expire, so does the phone. These options are considerably cheaper than contracted service.
A review of 29 mobile phone companies by the website Prepaid Reviews shows only four companies offering no expiration for minutes on prepaid plans. One of the companies, STI, has three different plans with the two offering no expiration and one that expires. Carefully check the details of any agreements before deciding on a service. A fifth company, Savvytel, based out of Australia, states on the company website their call credits do not expire but if the phone is not used for six months, it is cancelled.
As with contract mobile phone services, most prepaid phone companies charge activation fees. Charges also apply to service, local taxes and additional fees for text and picture messaging. You can add your own comment here.
O2 classic payg is ambiguous. The 6 month expiry without a chargeable event is stated. So which is it? Hi Kevin, Thanks for your comment.
Hi Ken I went into an O2 shop yesterday and queried this. The O2 guy came at me with a 3rd interpretation. He said an O2 payg sim starts to shut down after 3 months of inactivity and the number is cancelled altogether after 6 months.
It really is difficult to get this point straight with O2. The terms and conditions specified, for termination of a PAYG sim because of inactivity, with the retention of any unused credit may be incompatible with the Consumer Rights Act !
I am currently in a dispute with Three, regarding their retention of my unused credit on a plan but other service providers include similar clauses and could perhaps be challenged on the same basis? If a termination clause is prominently displayed in the marketing of the product, which is the case with 1pmobile.
If anyone is in a similar position, then the link to the relevant guidance and applicable sections is provided below:. This applies equally to deposits and sums paid when or after the contract is entered into. But even a more restricted right to cancel, for example, along lines indicated in paragraph 5. Great website. I was recently caught out by three disconnecting my number due to 6 months inactivity because I was stuck abroad.
They sent no warning text or email. Their customer service refused to reconnect the number either though I contacted them the next day. So be careful with Three and their useless customer service. A mobile number I had for 20 years is gone forever! Load more comments Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Please let me know by e-mail when there is a reply to my message. Your Comments so far We'd love to hear your thoughts and any questions you may have. Kevin said: October 30, at am. Ken replied: November 1, at pm. Kevin replied: November 1, at pm.
Rob said: April 24, at pm. Bob Monkhouse said: April 6, at pm. David replied: May 6, at pm. Im in exactly the same situation with EE. Okay, sounds good. No regular monthly charges: only pay for what you use. See full rates here. Your credit will never expire. Uses the EE network. Your SIM Card will be disconnected unless, at least once every six months, your Account is used to: a make at least one call, SMS or MMS to another number not including calls to emergency services or Member Services ; b make at least one connection to the Internet; c make at least one airtime credit or Bundle purchase This is stated in section 5 b and 5 c of the VOXI terms and conditions : We may suspend our services or end the Agreement if … ii.
Using the service means purchasing a Plan, topping up or making any chargeable outbound activity; … c. Co-Operative Mobile Customers of The Co-Operative Mobile will either need to use their phone for a chargeable call or top-up their account at least once every days. For more information, see clause 12 b of the Delight Mobile terms and conditions : b We can cancel this agreement immediately if any of the following occur: i.
Where you do not use the services at least once every days your Delight Mobile SIM will be disconnected from the network, this Agreement will be terminated, multifunctional top-up voucher recorded on your account that has not expired will be forfeited and you will lose your number; ii.
For more information, see clause 60 of the Lebara Mobile terms and conditions : For more information, see clause 12 a of the Vectone Mobile terms and conditions : a We can cancel this agreement immediately if any of the following occur: i.
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