SIM Card for Paris
Nov 27, 2012 | 10:28 pm
#61
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Sosh is contract only, so unless you have a French bank account and sign up for a monthly contract, that won't be an option. Same thing for B&You's plans with the exception of their new prepaid card offer at 4.99€ for the SIM including 15 minutes, with recharges available in varying amounts. The downside with that is there's not much data offered, the SIM will be mailed to a French address, and I'm not sure whether a foreign credit card can be used for the online purchase.
If anyone has any doubts that you will not be able to use Sosh, here is what they require to open an account:
Les informations dont vous aurez besoin lors de votre commande :
- Un justificatif d’identité en cours de validité
- Un relevé d’identité bancaire
- Une carte bancaire s’il s’agit de votre mode de paiement
- Un n° de téléphone valide pour pouvoir vous joindre en cas de besoin
- Une adresse mail qui nous permettra entre autres de vous parvenir le mail de confirmation de commande.
Putting this through Google Translate will not give you a clue of how much red tape this really is. The second item, for example, in reality means "proof of a French bank account for debit purposes." In other words, your Citibank ATM card will not do.
- Un justificatif d’identité en cours de validité
- Un relevé d’identité bancaire
- Une carte bancaire s’il s’agit de votre mode de paiement
- Un n° de téléphone valide pour pouvoir vous joindre en cas de besoin
- Une adresse mail qui nous permettra entre autres de vous parvenir le mail de confirmation de commande.
Nov 28, 2012 | 6:56 am
#62
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Singapore
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Sosh is contract only, so unless you have a French bank account and sign up for a monthly contract, that won't be an option. Same thing for B&You's plans with the exception of their new prepaid card offer at 4.99€ for the SIM including 15 minutes, with recharges available in varying amounts. The downside with that is there's not much data offered, the SIM will be mailed to a French address, and I'm not sure whether a foreign credit card can be used for the online purchase.
Nov 28, 2012 | 7:06 am
#63
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Essentially all the low cost: Sosh, Red, BandYou and Free are still contracts but much cheaper. So they come with all the registration hassles of the full service jobs.
But the French prepaids (my experience thus far are with Bouygues and Orange for phones, SFR for ipad prepaid data) are quite painless. US prepaids on the other hand are proving to be a real ........
But the French prepaids (my experience thus far are with Bouygues and Orange for phones, SFR for ipad prepaid data) are quite painless. US prepaids on the other hand are proving to be a real ........
Nov 28, 2012 | 10:01 am
#64
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Essentially all the low cost: Sosh, Red, BandYou and Free are still contracts but much cheaper. So they come with all the registration hassles of the full service jobs.
But the French prepaids (my experience thus far are with Bouygues and Orange for phones, SFR for ipad prepaid data) are quite painless. US prepaids on the other hand are proving to be a real ........
But the French prepaids (my experience thus far are with Bouygues and Orange for phones, SFR for ipad prepaid data) are quite painless. US prepaids on the other hand are proving to be a real ........
Can they be used for tethering or will they not work in Mifis?
Nov 28, 2012 | 11:34 am
#65
Join Date: Nov 2012
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Useful information on pay as you go 3G in France here - http://oneeyeddog.wordpress.com/2011...arte-payg-sim/
Mostly Orange France but some info on SFR too.
Mostly Orange France but some info on SFR too.
Nov 28, 2012 | 1:31 pm
#66
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I don't think orange mobicarte prepaid has data. At least I've never used it with data.
SFR ipad prepaid data is 30€ for 2Gb valid for 30 days. 9€ for 500mb for 7 days. Can't remember how much the data sim costs tho but i think it has 1 or 2 days of unlimited data?
Don't know about tethering.
Last edited by dannybhoy; Nov 28, 2012 at 1:35 pm Reason: Added info
Nov 28, 2012 | 5:26 pm
#67
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SFR may be the way to go, if you can split it among several devices. But since it's for the iPad, it may be micro or nano SIM.
Nov 28, 2012 | 5:39 pm
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