Keeping O2 Ireland SIM active without any credit

[andy]

Originally Posted by NFH

Is there any way of adding a small amount of credit to an O2 Ireland SIM?

Sorry to be replying a bit late

Some of the new SIMs seem to come with 50 cents to 2 euros on them, so it might be as cheap to just get a new SIM via someone on eBay Ireland

And I think an incoming roaming call every 12 months is sufficient to keep it alive

[NFH]

I eventually topped up with €5 in an O2 shop in Ireland. It seems this is the only way to top up by less than €10.

[Schlips1]

Hi,
I have got my o2-ie SIM for almost 10 years. At the beginning you needed to do something chargable (eg send a SMS) every 90 days, now it is every 180 days. So just top up 10 € and with app. 10 ct/SMS starting tomorrow while roaming it will last for ever.....

[NFH]

Originally Posted by Schlips1

10 ct/SMS starting tomorrow while roaming it will last for ever.....

You don't even need to spend €0.10 on a roaming SMS. Just receiving a call while roaming for one second is sufficient, and because of EU roaming regulations, the incoming call is charged per second from the beginning of the call.