Originally Posted by
roberto99
www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_fr.shtml has maps for the 3 carriers in France.
Orange has a huge presence. I find that Bouygues Telecom is a bit less expensive.
Company owned cell phone shops can sell you the prepaid sim in minutes. This is MUCH cheaper than buying one before departing for France. But it does take time to do on arrival.
Hint: If your French is poor like mine, go to the websites of the carriers and print out the page that shows the prepaid service to show the clerk. This makes the process much easier than with strained words....
Thanks, everyone. I definitely intend to buy in France (I spend about 5 months a year there) and will ask local friends about coverage.
My French is definitely not good, so your advice is excellent,
roberto99; the only problem is that I'm having difficulty finding the right page on the websites. Tried Orange first (since FT is our phone carrier and Orange our ISP) and could not figure out
if they offered pre-paid, much less where the page was.
Sorry to be so stupid, but what term (in French) should I be looking for?
The good thing is that, at least if I go with FT/Orange, there's a store at our nearest Carrefour mall.