Thanks, don't know how I missed that. I may be able to contact a friend who lives in Paris, so perhaps he can sign up for Sosh or SFR's Red and mail the SIM card to me? Don't know if that'll be worth it just to sign up for a month and then cancel as these don't appear to be the typical prepaid product. A pity, it's such a great deal!

Given my desire to have an active SIM card upon arrival in Paris, perhaps it's best to pay a premium and buy one from eBay? The Orange Mobicarte is probably the cheapest option (still trying to decipher their packages, looks like Internet MAX is cheap but then no email access through that?); LeFrenchMobile could be good too, though relatively expensive, but they'll deliver it to me and have English instructions.