Hi
are there any pay as you go sim cards in Australia that are designed for low usage i.e if you put $50 on it , will that last forevever if you dont use it or would you lose your credit after 6 months. My wife only uses her phone in a emergency and still as £17 left after topping up with £20 3 years ago .Thanks for any replys
Brad

Wow, that is low usage!
Whilst we're on the topic, I want one with lots of freebie texts and a few free minutes, for $30 a month? Any chance at all? Am quite tempted by virgin, they seem to have some good offers - anyone use them in Australia at the moment?

Hi, I'm quite a low user as well, and use the Vodafone prepaid texter bundle. It costs $27.00 every 2 months (you have to keep topping up unless you lose your existing credit), and for that you get $30.00 of calls, 60 free texts and 100 vodafone to vodafone minutes, which means if you phone another vodafone user, the call is a lot cheaper.

I'm sure there are loads of options out there, but I find this works for me.

i use Virgin mobile...they have a sim called long expiry think it was $20 and lasts for180 odd says might be longer and they do V to V calls and texts for 5c a text and 10c a min

Just topped up with $50 on Virgin, and it lasts 365 days... They do smaller top ups, but not sure if they last a bit less (180 days).
Check out their website for info.

www.virginmobile.com.au


or this for specific charges...
http://www.virginmobile.com.au/rates/prepaid.html

Steve

ahh i knew they had a longer expiry....

I also have a Virgin one that last 365 days. I have it automatically set up to deduct $50 from my credit card when it runs out so I never have to worry about running out of credit.

Vodafone do a 365 day tariff as well for $20

Scroll to the bottom

http://vodafone.com.au/rep/prepay.js...803&ss=prepaid

Yup, and if you recharge before the 365 days are up, your entire balance is preserved.

Excellent if all you want is to keep an Australian mobile number for very infrequent use.

Peter

thanks for all your help

Brad