PREPAID DATA SIM CARD WITH NO EXPIRATION DATE - Things Mobile - With Global Coverage And Multi-Operator GSM/2G/3G/4G LTE Network, No Fixed Costs, And Competitive Rates, With €10 Credit Included

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As well as the top up amount, it’s best to find a network that has a range of available top-up methods, ideally allowing you to top-up both over the counter via cash and remotely (e.g. online, by text message or by phone call). Low Prices & Availability of Bundles My current 24GB / 2 Year SIM is working fine, but I’m completely unaware of how I will be able to top up the data and/or increase the time on it in the future? How can you top up your credit? Depending on the operator you choose there are plenty of possibilities and most offer pre-paid bundles that automatically recur every 30 days. With some operators, you can buy top-up cards in supermarkets, with some you need to have an online connection, with some you can SMS to get more credit, with some you can buy credit at a cash machine. You need to think about convenience here. Can you top up your credit at 1 a.m. on a Saturday morning?! Coverage Credit Expiry: Credit will expire after 90 days of inactivity. You also must top up at least once every 365 days to keep the sim active.

There are a few things that you’ll need to consider before deciding which plan is for you. These are decisions you’ll need to make based on your own personal circumstances, depending on what it is you need from your operator: Price Credit Expiry: Credit doesn’t expire but you need to make one chargeable call every six months to keep your SIM live. Business users with a compatible laptop – Some laptops have a SIM slot and if you don't find yourself outside wifi range very often but need to be connected 100% of the time, a PAYG data-only SIM might be the right choice, However if you want to use your laptop on an hour long commute to work every day, on a train with no WIFI, then a contract SIM is probably a better bet.Remember, to keep receiving 200mb of data, you need to keep your SIM card active by making a chargeable activity at least once every six months. One SMS, one phone call or an add-on bundle all suffice the requirement. Less flexibility – In terms of altering your data limits when you want, these days you usually can, even on 12-month contracts. However, you do not have the flexibility to simply walk away – doing so will incur hefty early-exit fees Like minimum usage requirements, all pay as you go providers have minimum top-up amounts and a set period of how long each top-up will last for.

There’s no monthly bill. You pay for service as you use it, as opposed to at the end of the month, so you can’t spend more than you have. Low data allowances – PAYG data only SIMs tend to have relatively low data limits, when compared to contract SIMs lasting 12 months or more. You will not find many SIMs with unlimited data, and the ones which do exist are of the 30 day contract variety. At the time of writing, data allowances on PAYG SIMs tend to offer single digit GBs at the cheaper end and around 20GB at the expensive end. When it comes to light use, there are a few things you want the SIM to offer, as well as a few things to avoid. Here’s what to look out for: No Recurring Monthly Charges This is where you buy a SIM outright. None of the money you will pay goes on the SIM itself (which is essentially free) but on the amount of data that comes pre-loaded onto the SIM. You can, rather wastefully, buy a SIM with preloaded data, use up the data and throw it away, or more sensibly you can top up the amount of data as required. Let's determine whether or not a PAYG data-only SIM is right for you. Here are two examples where we feel that it may be the right choice. Bear in mind there are no doubt more, and ultimately only you are going to know what you will be using it for.Coverage and signal is also a key factor as many customers in the market are looking for a phone purely for use in emergencies. Credit Expiry: None, but you must use the services at least once every 180 days to keep the SIM active. If you don’t use the SIM In 270 days all activity will be barred from your SIM card and all credit will be removed. Credit Expiry: None but you if you do not use the service for 180 consecutive days i.e. you do not carry out any chargeable outbound activity such as making an outbound call your services will be restricted. This is followed by a 90 day grace period giving you 270 days before the account is suspended.

On a per-second basis, you are charged for the exact length of your call. For example, giffgaff charge their calls at 15p/minute and bill per second. If you were to make a phone call lasting for 2 minutes and 30 seconds, you’d be charged 38p for the call (that’s 2.5 minutes x 15p per minute = 37.5p in total). For light users, this generally isn’t too big a concern, but it still makes sense to choose a pay as you go sim that will make your money fo further but without compromising on the other factors listed above.

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Only pay for what you use – If you buy a 90-day preloaded SIM from EE, for example, preloaded with 12GB and provided you use all of that data in 90 days time, there is literally no waste Three SIM only – Does not supply preloaded PAYG data-only SIMs, but will provide you with a 30-day rolling contract data-only SIM We recommending choosing a network that only requires you to use the phone once every 270 days. Reliable Coverage Low-usage tablet users – If you have a tablet and you want it to be able to connect to the internet when there's not wifi available a PAYG data-only SIM deal may be the right choice. Just remember to factor all of the pros and cons we've listed above You can change your mind at any time. If you decide to go with another operator or to sign a mobile contract, you can do so. This is unlike a contract where you’re tied into the contract for a set amount of time and will have to pay a penalty if you want to break the contract.

Fortunately, we’ve done the hard work for you, and we’ll go through what to look out for when choosing a Pay As You Go SIM card as a light mobile phone user as well as recommending which SIM to go for infrequent use. What You Need in a Network as Light User Obviously, finances are going to be an issue. So one of the first things that you’ll need to look for are the prices per calling minute, per text message, and per MB of data. Not all operators charge the same prices. But cheaper might not always be better, depending on what else it is you need… Top UpEE SIM only – Offers preloaded data-only SIMs with expiries of either 30 or 90 days and in various data limit sizes. EE will also provide you a data-only SIM on a rolling 30-day contract if that is your preferred choice However, on some smaller MVNO networks, your credit expires after 90 days and is removed from your account. No commitment – Depending whether you choose a preloaded or 30-day rolling contract PAYG data-SIM, you can ditch it whenever you feel like it. Just remember that if you're on a 30-day contract, you will need to tell your provider you're leaving