I think we're in danger of confusing terminology here.
As I understand it PAYG means you put credit on the phone as a found amount of money - say £10. Calls/texts are chargeable at pence per minute or per text so each call reduces your credit. When your £10 is gone your phone is out of credit and, at least outgoing, is dead until topped up. While your balance may not last for ever it usually just needs a call every couple of months to show the card is still 'live'.
PAYG was a good model for kids etc until data became a thing; data will eat your tenner in a day.
Rolling PAYG like Giif Gaff is something slightly different. You pay a monthly amount, say £10 again, for so many minutes/texts/Gb of data. Any unused minutes/texts/data expire at the end of the month. After a month you need to buy another £10 deal - goddybag or whatever.
If the £10 renews automatically it's effectively a rolling contract but without an extended notice period.
I have a Three card which I can use PAYG as in the original sense - pay per call. Alternatively I can use credit to buy packages of unlimited calls and bundled data to use within a month.
EDIT: If this is TL:DR see Zeddo's post.
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Sun 14 Nov 21 at 13:54
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