On 12/12/2011 09:17, Hugh - Was Invisible wrote:
Hi All. Off topic but there is so much knowledge here ....

93 year old Mum goes in to hospital on Sunday. Sim free mobile (Doro
332) is on its way.

Mum will only want a sim for calls. Will have moderate use whilst in
hospital for a few days and then be used only for emergencies.

I am having a lot of difficulty finding out how long credit and sim
lasts if unused.

Anyone got any recommendations please?

Hospital has reception problems with t-mobile and orange but 02 and
Vodafone based networks are OK

TIA for any replies.

Surprised no-one has recommended GiffGaff yet. 10p/minute or you can buy
a 1 month Goddybag.

Giff Gaff minutes don't expire and if she is only calling you it might
be worth getting a cheap phone to put your own Giff Gaff SIM into in
order to get free calls (for 3 months from top up).

Plenty of people will offer you a link to get £5 free credit on your
first top-up.

One word of warning about 3. It is outside of their terms of use to use
the SIM in a 2G phone which I think the Doro would appear to be. 3 is a
3G only network.

Andrew