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reggie

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French Sim cards
Jul 21^st, 2006 at 12:25pm

Does anyone know of a reasonably priced French Sim card, preferably pay as you go and where any balance isn't lost. I did buy a United mobile card, but tho' it seemed a good idea at the time-- no charge for receiving calls the snag is that the number is a Lichtenstein mobile so not very good for people phoning you. Fortunately we have 2 phones so we can use this card up for outgoing calls but it would be good to get a French one. Anyway be warned it is important to know what kind of number you receive with the Sim. It's a bit like the service for getting faxes by email-- no charge to the receiver but an0870 number for the sender!!

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Re: French Sim cards
Reply #1 - Jul 21^st, 2006 at 1:36pm

reggie wrote on Jul 21^st, 2006 at 12:25pm:

Does anyone know of a reasonably priced French Sim card, preferably pay as you go and where any balance isn't lost. I did buy a United mobile card, but tho' it seemed a good idea at the time-- no charge for receiving calls the snag is that the number is a Lichtenstein mobile so not very good for people phoning you. Fortunately we have 2 phones so we can use this card up for outgoing calls but it would be good to get a French one. Anyway be warned it is important to know what kind of number you receive with the Sim. It's a bit like the service for getting faxes by email-- no charge to the receiver but an0870 number for the sender!!

A French friend of mine has usedthe 'Ma Puce' option at http://www.debitel.fr/ but I don't know if you need to be a French resident. As a true follower of this site you will wish to avoid the 'No. Azur' but there is an e-mail address.

By the way, if like me you use eFax as your fax-e-mail provider you can now ask them for an 01x number thereby striking another blow for freedom and avoiding the 0870 trap for your correspondents

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madeleine Newbie Offline Posts: 1	Re: French Sim cards Reply #2 - Jul 21^st, 2006 at 2:25pm Does anyone know of a reasonably priced French Sim card, preferably pay as you go and where any balance isn't lost. I did buy a United mobile card, why dont u try one of the new free roaming companies like www.simplytravelsim.com www.0044.co.uk/&; www.sim4travel.com/
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Re: French Sim cards
Reply #3 - Jul 22^nd, 2006 at 1:19am

madeleine wrote on Jul 21^st, 2006 at 2:25pm:

Does anyone know of a reasonably priced French Sim card, preferably pay as you go and where any balance isn't lost. I did buy a United mobile card,

why dont u try one of the new free roaming companies like

He already has one of those.

France has 3 main networks and about a dozen virtual operators. The tariffs are not as competitive as here, so I'd suggest callback with it, to make calls from 10 or 12 pence a minute

Most French SIMs are shorter lived than we are used to, depending on top-ups to stay valid. But NRJ Mobile has a similar condition to UK SIMs: use every 6 months

Study them at http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/france.html

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Re: French Sim cards
Reply #4 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 10:51pm

andy9 wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2006 at 1:19am:

Most French SIMs are shorter lived than we are used to, depending on top-ups to stay valid. But NRJ Mobile has a similar condition to UK SIMs: use every 6 months

Study them at http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/france.html

I believe NRJ may have shortened the validity condition, now similar to the others

apologies for bumping the thread, I meant to merely edit the other post

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