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UK SIM card with no TOP UP required to activate it
 

Is there any which doesn't require top up, you just stick it in and are able to receive SMS.

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Three, O2, Vodaphone, and others

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I recommend using Vodafone, it is very good for what you need, if it is for an eBay account, for no reason use the number of online platforms, you will lose your account

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I put a fiver on a Three PAYG sim about five years ago. Other than making the mandatory call/text every three months I've done nothing else with it and it's still working just fine. Balance currently £2.80.

That said, I do not rely on texts where they can be avoided and if 2SV is an option I select that.

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It’s not possible all network deactivate SIM card after certain period when no top up made
5 years simply impossible

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Yet here I am with my five year old active Three sim.

Are you 'murdered_by_ebay' too by any chance, you're both quick to deny the truth. :lol:

If I can be bothered I'll take a screenshot of my phone app to prove you wrong.

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Google this “ three pay as you go inactivity limit” after 180 days they deactivate SIM card and this happen to me few times all network does this only way to get around this buy data sim which last 2 years

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No need to, I've already told you I have an active 5 year old PAYG SIM, you clearly don't know what you're talking about.

Not sure why you think i would lie about such a simple matter. Maybe speak from experience in future rather than googling everything you post. :)

But as promised, here's a screenshot, sadly I cannot confirm I took it it out in 2019 for one of my Amazon accounts, you'll just have to take my word for it that it ties in with one of my limited companies.

https://ibb.co/GxFzqPN

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Here, I've taken your advice and used google. Found this for you:

https://www.three.co.uk/pay-as-you-go/free-sim

Pay As You Go SIMs can expire. To keep your number active, you must use it for at least one chargeable activity every 180 days. A ‘chargeable activity’ is something like making a call, sending a text, using your data, or using an existing top-up credit or Data Pack allowance.

Just like I said in my first post, indeed it's not 3 months its 6 months. You've saved me 30p per year.

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Does PAYG allow roaming out of the country or no

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O2 cards come with an activation date. Once that is gone then you need to top up to activate but if you don’t need the card after that date then just bin it.

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Yes, some SIM cards let you receive SMS without needing to add money. They are usually for specific purposes like activating a device or receiving verification codes.

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The best UK sim for accounts is EE. you need UK activated ee sim card with 5 pounds topup. 1 message must be sent in uk for 25p while registered to uk towers. Then you can take it anywhere in europe and send 1 message to any uk number again for 25p every 3 month just to keep your sim card alive. This way you keep your number for nearly 5 years and that number can receive sms and phone calls for any verification or even speak to customer services if somebody want to call you.

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Never heard of that 1 message rule, unless it's very new. I buy sim cards in the UK, put them in my phone to activate, then once overseas I top them up. No problems

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Because you are overseas, most UK networks will charge to receive sms. As there are chargeable events on the sim cards, they will remain active without you having to send messages.

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It's the opposite, most UK networks don't charge anything to receive an SMS overseas
I top up £5 from overseas then after about 30 minutes the sim is ready to receive SMS. Sometimes I have had to call them but then they activate it

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Certain about the non-charge? I have seen a lot of networks charge for receipt and sending sms msgs when you're not in the country - unless you have a standard out-of-country plan on the card...

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I have never been charged to receive an SMS overseas, and I have never heard of anyone paying to receive one. In these days of 2FA nobody would tolerate it.

So I have no idea where he got this idea from tbh