Best mobile contract?

[zeb]

Having dropped our pay as you go into some coffee, we have decided that the time has come to get a new mobile (probably Nokia or Sagem)on a contract as we've been finding that we lose credits 'cos the old phone just wasn't used enough.

Any ideas as to the cheapest/best contract (the phone is only used for local calls around 5 times a week, if that}? Could we also keep the same number as it's printed on our business logo?

[Miki]

Orange are doing their cheap monthly offer again. It is called Orange Initial.

7€ per month and 45 centimes per call. All top ups on the card stay until used.

Phone contact number is 0825 005 700 or internet is

http://www.orange.fr/0/visiteur/PV

Orange Initial(1) est une solution simple et économique pour appeler et être joignable à tout moment

un abonnement sans engagement

toutes les garanties Orange

votre abonnement pour seulement 7€/mois

tous vos appels à 0,45€/min(2) vers mobiles et fixes

Services compris

Avec Orange Initial vous disposez de services automatiques et gratuits :

> Le suivi conso #123#

> La tarification à la seconde

> La messagerie vocale 888

> La présentation du numéro

> Le 740, ma gestion perso

> Le double appel

> Tous les services compris avec le forfait Orange initial

We have it (6 years with the old contract) really just for emergencies, call forwarding and making occasional calls when out.

[Clair]

You could also look at SFR Accès: same monthly price as Orange, all calls at 0.50€ per mn, with 10mn of free calls per month, ideal for emergency use only.

see my previous post:

http://forums.livingfrance.com/shwmessage.aspx?ForumID=290&MessageID=236989

More details about it here:

http://www.espacesfr.com/do/catalogue/formules/acces

I cannot give you an answer re keeping your number, it probably depends on your existing (coffee-flavoured) contract & phone... but I'm sure someone with more knowledge will be online soon!

Clair

[Eslier]

If you send many texts to the UK (or other "zone 1" EU countries) then it is worth noting that Orange only charge 15cents per text which is half what SFR charge.

(With our daughter over from the UK at the moment this is saving me a fortune - well not really, it's still costing me a fortune but only half the fortune it might have cost !)