aj_dr Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I am looking to get a French mobile and am thinking of going on a contract. With pay as you go there seems to be so many problems with the expiry time. I have a leaflet on Tele2 which offers 30mins for 12.50Euros per month. Has anybody any experience of them, or can anybody recommend another?aj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 The best bet at the moment seems to be Leclerc Mobile which costs 1.50€ a month for long-lasting (12 months) top-ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj_dr Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Thanks Clair, I'll go to Leclerc this afternoon.aj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Thanks Clair too. I need three mobiles for my two children at boarding school and for me. The 'Pay as you Go' system here is frustrating with its time limits. I'm off to check out the offer as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 And thanks from me too. Pay as you go is annoying because of the time limit, and as we have no reseau here at our house, I only use it from time to time. Will check it out ! [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Sorry but my french is not good enough to read the link Clare. I too need french mobile phones, my daughter has told me that it would be better to get a sim contract in france and buy a cheap phone in UK as phones in France are very expensive. I dont know how true this is and would appreciate any input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith CHANNING Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I took up Leclerc's offer and paid one euro for a basic 'phone. It makes and received telephone calls and sends and receives text. That's all I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosub Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 [quote user="Just Katie"]Sorry but my french is not good enough to read the link Clare. I too need french mobile phones, my daughter has told me that it would be better to get a sim contract in france and buy a cheap phone in UK as phones in France are very expensive. I don't know how true this is and would appreciate any input. [/quote]To put it simply.1: You can buy a Sim card for €15 put it your own phone and that's it.2: Buy a Sim card + €50 credit and only pay €50 (making the Sim card free).3: Buy the Sim card + €50 credit + phone for €65 (if you don't want the standard phone as supplied) you can get €30 off a phone of your choice instead.Take all your paperwork (proof of residence identity etc.) with you when you go to Leclerc and register the Sim card straight away, very simple.If you have a mobile phone already you can keep your old number full details on the website.If you make a top up within 12 months all your credit is carried forward for another 12 months.I hope I haven't missed anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I've just this minute done this. I had already unlocked my old UK phone with codes from the internet and had been using it as an ordinary PAYG on the SFR network for a while. This morning I took my phone, along with all the paperwork previously mentioned, and bought the €50 package. In the shop I changed over the sim and it was working in a few minutes. When I check, I now have €55 of credit and this is valid until June 2009. It does, of course, cost €1.50 a month which is deducted from your credit, but in my opinion, it's better than loosing credit when your time expires.Regards - TimP.S. I didn't bother 'porting' my old number over as not many people had it, but this service is available as has been said earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Does porting work from a UK network to a French one?Obviously the country code would change from +44 to +33 but would they accept say an UK Orange 0786 999999 number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosie Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 HiWe recently bought a Leclerc Sim and it works really well for us. It was costing us such a lot to use our UK mobiles when we are in France, paying to receive and send, and also we found french artisans and delivery people reluctant to call a UK mobile. We were put off getting a french Sim before because of losing the unused credit but the twelve month credit time more than makes up for the 1.50 euro monthly charge.We used it during our last visit and we were really pleased - it cost nothing to receive calls or texts from the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 [quote user="Pierre ZFP"]Does porting work from a UK network to a French one?Obviously the country code would change from +44 to +33 but would they accept say an UK Orange 0786 999999 number?[/quote] I wouldn't imagine for one moment that any network would do that. Although the name Orange is common to both countries, there the similarity ends. In addition, the number of digits in the phone numbers is different in the two countries.Also, each country has it's own system for issuing numbers, so it's likely that the number you would like, ignoring for the moment account the varying number of digits, may already have been issued.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith CHANNING Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 ... and French mobile numbers start with 06 not 07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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