Hi, have been using Giff Gaff for a uk investment/bank verification sms while living here for several years. It seems they are cracking down on the likes of me who are not complying with their UK "fair usage" criteria and closing the account/number. I still have a UK address and bank account, has anyone had an experience with this and is there another way to keep a UK phone number to use specifically for the occasional finacial verification usage? Thanks

Moved to BANKING forum.

I use Giffgaff for similar purposes. Have they actually closed your number or warned you they are going to? I had the disconnect warning earlier this year and resolved it by sending an sms.

OP, 3 options, behave yourself on how yr using it.

2.Get an E-sim, 3, get another Gif'gaf sim/account.

2 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

I use Giffgaff for similar purposes. Have they actually closed your number or warned you they are going to? I had the disconnect warning earlier this year and resolved it by sending an sms.

Agreed, usually those notices just want you to either send an sms or top up the account, rather than just sat idle.

No not had any warning/closure but it seems they are clamping down, but maybe just scaremongering, but I just like to be prepared re invested uk funds etc.

Send an sms every 180 days, how difficult is that?

and obviously top up as required

Edited 4 hours ago4 hr by scubascuba3

6 minutes ago, Pappap said:

No not had any warning/closure but it seems they are clamping down, but maybe just scaremongering, but I just like to be prepared re invested uk funds etc.

Yes, there does seem to be a number of reports of this occurring more frequently, they also keep your balance also when disconnecting you. Reports of people getting this message....

41 minutes ago, Pappap said:

Hi, have been using Giff Gaff for a uk investment/bank verification sms while living here for several years. It seems they are cracking down on the likes of me who are not complying with their UK "fair usage" criteria and closing the account/number. I still have a UK address and bank account, has anyone had an experience with this and is there another way to keep a UK phone number to use specifically for the occasional finacial verification usage? Thanks

I use "Three" and have done so since 2016. Just have to send an sms every 5/6 months.

If you violate the TOS, you're breaking a contract.

Any other questions? 😄

https://aseannow.com/topic/1401234-uk-phone-number-in-thailand/#findComment-20687066

For anyone with a UK sim make sure RCS Chat ( sms message via WIFI) is turned off to ensure your sms msg every 180 days is chargeable

Numero. €39.99 a year for a UK number. Works with all financial institutions for OTP via SMS. Also works for What's App in case you don't want to expose your real phone number through the app. Sorted.

2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Send an sms every 180 days, how difficult is that?

and obviously top up as required

I think you've missed the point! Totally aware of how easy it is it's the fact that they are clamping down on such usage, any other useful comments?

2 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

If you violate the TOS, you're breaking a contract.

Any other questions? 😄

Thank you for such a valuable contribution!

43 minutes ago, Pappap said:

I think you've missed the point! Totally aware of how easy it is it's the fact that they are clamping down on such usage, any other useful comments?

Weird that only you have the issue

19 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Weird that only you have the issue

If you read the rest of the posts and do some research you'll see I'm far from the only one, have a day off being a donkey!