I have found something please check the link below, it goes on about the expire time, you looking at 180 days which is almost 6 months.
https://kenstechtips.com/index.php/best-payg-sim-for-low-usage
giffgaff is another popular option for light mobile users, offering coverage from O2 rather than EE. On giffgaff, it’s possible to use your phone with no regular monthly charges –
you’ll just need to use your phone at least once every 180 days.
The minimum top-up on giffgaff is £10 each time and will also give you free calls and texts to other giffgaff members for 3 months after top-up. Regular Pay As You Go rates are 15p/minute, 5p/text and 5p/MB, with the option to buy a
goodybag bundle when you need one from £5/month
If you’re looking for low rates on one of the four big providers, O2 offers a
Classic Pay As You Go SIM card. You’ll pay 3p/minute, 2p/text and 1p/MB when using the service.
Top-ups are available from £10 each time and you’ll need to use your phone at least once every 180 days to keep the SIM card active. Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to buy a one-month bundle unless you switch to
the Big Bundles tariff.
ASDA Mobile is our recommended network for the majority of light mobile users. With
a free SIM card from ASDA Mobile,
you can use your mobile phone with no regular monthly charges. The only requirement is you must use your phone at least once every 270 days (although outgoing calls will be suspended when you reach 180 days of inactivity, with you then needing to follow a short process to re-activate a full service)
So yea for paygo your only option which is the only one, it will require you to use your mobile phone at least once every 180 days which is almost 6 months.
Take your pick between giffgaff or o2 or asda mobile, for me i would pick a mobile phone operator with the cheapest price for 1 minute you see.
I'll take another look if there are any others that do 6 months or more.
https://kenstechtips.com/index.php/payg-inactivity-account-termination-and-credit-expiry#ASDA-Mobile
If there are 180 days of inactivity on your account, outgoing phone calls will be forwarded to ASDA’s automated service (you’ll need to call them on 0800 079 2732 to re-instate a full service for outgoing calls). After 270 days of inactivity on the account, unused credit will be removed and your SIM card will be barred. You’ll still be able to re-activate the SIM by calling ASDA Mobile Customer Services. Finally, after 360 days of inactivity, your SIM card will be permanently suspended and your phone number will be deleted.
Okay most pay as you go networks right only allow up to
6 months of no activity.
EE will disconnect Pay As You Go customers
if no “connection actions” are taken for 180 days. If this happens, any unused credit will be removed and your EE phone number will also be deleted from the system.
You can keep your account active either by topping it up (
£5 minimum) or by making a chargeable activity (this includes making a chargeable call, text or data connection). From clause 6.3 of the
EE Pay As You Go Terms & Conditions:
giffgaff will disconnect your SIM card if your account has been inactive for a
period of six months or more. You’ll lose your unused credit and your giffgaff phone number will also be deleted from the system.
On O2 Pay As You Go, customers will have their SIM card disconnected
after six months of inactivity. You’ll also lose your phone number and any unused credit remaining on your account at the time. From clause 7.1 of the
O2 Pay As You Go Terms and Conditions:
Customers on
Tesco Mobile Pay As You Go will lose their service
after six months of inactivity. This is stated in clause 5.4 of the
Pay As You Go Terms & Conditions:
Three will suspend your Pay As You Go account if you don’t top-up or make a chargeable event
in a six-month period. According to clause 9.1(h) of the
Three Pay As You Go Terms & Conditions:
If you’re on one of
Virgin Mobile‘s most recent Pay As You Go tariffs (e.g. the Big Data & Texts or Big Talk tariffs),
there’s an inactivity period of 180 days. You’ll need to make a chargeable phone call or text message at least once during this period. According to clauses 3.7 and 7.2(g) of their
terms & conditions:
If you’re a
Vodafone Pay As You Go customer, you’ll need to top-up your phone or make a chargeable outbound activity
at least once every 6 months. This is described in a
Vodafone Support Centre FAQ:
Yep 6 months or 180 days and £10 top up is your best bet mate.
I am leaning more towards vodafone, because if you top up the phone within 6 months or less well don't know but should be able to keep the phone active and not losing the mobile number associated with the network or any cancellation and or chargeable outbound activity
at least once every 6 months.
So there you go,
My 2 pence,
Dan.
So for 10 quid on vodafone you get 3gb of data, 250 minutes of call time and unlimited text.
This is pay as you go.
Just remember to top up the phone every 6 months or make a outbound activity?
3gb should be enough for light web browsing use and some calls and unlimited text.
The reason again why vodafone and not other mobile operator is because vodafone is more friendly with their 6 month limit you see, you either have to make at least one activity every 6 months and if you no activity and you top up every 6 months then yeah, you won't be facing any cancellation of any kind if you do this.
