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Yes 1. Make sure your phone is not sim locked > Orange usually is, Vodafone/O2 usually aren't. Check with your operator. 2. All the networks offer pay as you go, just buy the SIM card pack and away you go...

Aside from the usual Agent Commercial setup, could it not in theory be done through a company by setting up an SARL (and taking advantage of today's reduced start up costs) and then invoicing as a company. You would have to pay yourself a salary so the employer contributions would be steep, but your secu charges rates should be lower. It would depend on how much the annual earnings are but the benefit is you don't start paying charges until you start earning/paying yourself a salary.. And as for the UK firm's POV, surely self employed individuals are supposed to pay regular Class2 NIC (albeit a ridiculously small amount) whether they are earning or not?

Is it printing the strip on a second page? That would suggest it is too wide, so maybe you can try to change the page to print as Landscape, (I don't know many webpages wider than this). If it's not printing at all, then the previous suggestion might be the only solution.

As in the UK, you can get pay per minute dial up access from many sources, e.g. Wanadoo, 9Online, Tele2, Cegetel etc; you can normally sort this out online > just register and get your dial up account settings and enter these manually. If you have a website and, I presume, an existing email account, just use your email client (eg Outlook) or webmail access as normal. It's only the point to point access to the 'net which is different. The one thing which might need adjusting is your smtp server; sometimes there are conflicts between ISPs and web hosts re identification meaning you can't send emails from your (e.g.) btopenworld address while dialling up with wanadoo. I changed to 9Online for this reason and have had no further problems and do not need a .fr address.