# 📵 One £10 UK number — no rent, never expires, outlives your phone

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**Created:** [November 6, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/one-10-uk-number-no-rent-never-expires-outlives-your-phone/327063 "2026-11-06T15:08:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/one-10-uk-number-no-rent-never-expires-outlives-your-phone/327063/1 "2026-11-06T15:08:07Z")

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![Your UK number is a pet — one 3p feed every 180 days keeps it alive for decades](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/3/f/3fbaaed8e90d2cdbf63242688b42668a8e9a1d86.jpeg)

## NO RENT. NO DEATH. ONE TINY FEED EVERY 180 DAYS.

**One £10 UK number, fed ~3p every 180 days by an open-source page → it never dies.**  
It receives your login codes FREE anywhere on Earth 🌍 — WhatsApp, Telegram, your bank, any signup.

 ![The 180-day hunger clock — one feed resets it](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/4/a/4a90032c62782a8f3765729bdb0aa89c41711d12.jpeg)

📱 **The whole thing, five moves:**

1 **Get the number** — the eSIM lands in the giffgaff app (free, no plastic), or a [free SIM](https://help.giffgaff.com/en/articles/240676-ordering-a-sim) posts to UK addresses  
2 **Activate** — pick **Pay as you go** at the bottom of the plan page: zero rent, ever  
3 **Top up £10 once** — [the minimum](https://help.giffgaff.com/en/articles/240847-everything-to-know-about-credit); a friend’s referral link adds bonus credit  
4 **Feed it** — data on the SIM → open [gg-keeper](https://dennischancs.github.io/gg-keeper/) → tap: ~120KB burns, clock reset, ~3p ([open code](https://github.com/dennischancs/gg-keeper))  
5 **Forget it** — next feed due in 180 days; giffgaff emails you a month before anyway

🎉 **What the £10 buys:**

- **login codes FREE anywhere on Earth** — incoming texts cost £0 in every country ([roaming facts](https://help.giffgaff.com/en/articles/229548-using-your-mobile-phone-in-the-rest-of-the-world))
- **~30 years of life** on that one top-up — two feeds a year barely dents it
- a **real +44 number** that passes sign-up checks — Telegram, WhatsApp, Apple ID, banks

> **🤖 The lazy floor: auto-feeders + house rules**
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> - **iPhone:** a community [Shortcut](https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b378d5581f474e19ac335d68671d0ed5) texts on a schedule — 30p a text
> - **Android:** [gclinux/giffgaff-keeper](https://github.com/gclinux/giffgaff-keeper) (MIT) tracks the 180-day clock and nudges you
> - **The base station:** [sms-bridge](https://github.com/skylerhes/sms-bridge) (MIT) — a cheap USB dongle + a Raspberry Pi forward your codes and fire the feeds
> - **Before a plastic SIM goes in:** iMessage off — the hello-texts stay in your pocket
> - **House rules:** fair use protects pets — two tiny feeds + quiet codes is the intended life; a rescue PAC (the code that moves your number to any UK network) stays open 30 days past any deactivation ([all UK networks’ rules](https://stillreachable.com/keep-number-abroad/united-kingdom/giffgaff))

**A number only ever dies of hunger. Yours just ate.** 🐔