Internet Subscription

[bixy]

Forgive me if this is a naive question but looking at the Orange site I see that there is a delay of 15 days between signing up for ADSL and getting on line. We would like to be up and running as soon as possible after arriving - we already have a working phone line and number. My question is this: can a sign up from my computer in the UK?

Patrick

[Cassis]

As long as you have a French bank account and the phone line is active and in your name, I can't see why not. 

The delay is because FT have to do some jiggery-pokery with your existing phone connection, at the request of the ISP, in order to make your line ADSL.

[DZ]

We signed up for ADSL through the Orange website from the UK lat month and when we went to France 2 weeks later it was easy enough to set up the internet connection.  The modem was delivered to our local post office in France.

[Deimos]

If they are delivering you a modem it will almost certainly require a signature. Others (here) have reported big problems when they were not present to sign for the modem. Nothing specific to Orange (though I do remember comments about delivery of a Livebox) as I would expect all ISPs delivering hardware to require a signature.

The 2 weeks is variable and to an extent depends on how busy FT are in your area. The ISP (Wanadoo/Orange or whoever has to put in a request to FT to switch your ADSL to their network. The fact that Orange/Wanadoo are also part of FT is not particularly relevant. The bulk of the delay tends to be on FT's side. I have experienced some very quick ADSL switches by FT (within a day) and some very slow ones (more than a month) - both extremes in the same area and within a few weeks of each other (so it can be difficult to predict actual timescales).

Ian

[bixy]

Thanks for those replies. No problem about the modem, since I have my own. I will need to get hold of filters - presumably I can just pop into an FT shop and pick those up. So I will go ahead and subscribe.

Incidentally, I note that Orange are now offering ADSL "sans engagement" at exactly the same price as if on a 12 month contract. It has me wondering what the catch might be.

Patrick

[Deimos]

[quote user="bixy"]I will need to get hold of filters - presumably I can just pop into an FT shop and pick those up. So I will go ahead and subscribe.

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I don't know about FT shops but most of the Bricos sell them.

Ian