"Hugh - Was Invisible" wrote in message
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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.

With most systems it seems to be sensible to make a single chargeable call
each month to avoid the SIM being disconnected. I have a few PAYG mobiles
(for various uses) and the 1st of the month is "call home and hang-up" day.
The useless call is cheap and ensures that my mobiles keep going.

BTW, make sure that the new mobile is storing contacts to memory and not
SIM; that way if you DO need to replace the SIM, the numbers are still
there.

Paul DS.