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Does foreign credit cards really work with orange? Or do they want a French credit card in order to have a bank with have seen a passport of the person buying the card? How about paying with "Bon d'achat ou chèque cadeau" |
I will be living in France for four months' time later this year. Seeing as the Internet Max option is no longer available, I had a few questions about using my unlocked iPhone and Orange:
1) Les recharges max are only available for those with a French credit card, correct? Is there a way of getting that package without one? 2) If I can't get les recharges max, how much can I expect to pay for data, and how much will I get? 3) I've read that incoming calls are free regardless of where they come from — is this correct? Will I be able to set up a Skype U.S. based number and forward the calls to an Orange number for free (on the Orange end, at least)? I appreciate any guidance anyone would be able to offer me in advance. I've tried researching as much as I can, but once I think I have everything right, I find minor details that throw me off. |
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Thank you for that information. I've found that it's maddeningly impossible to understand the Orange website. I can read French just fine; it's just that I can't find what I would think to be straightforward information, such as an int'l long distance rates chart.
I'm starting to wonder if maybe Lebara is now the better option for int'l travelers to France. Their rates even for domestic calls and SMS seem more reasonable than Orange, and they tell the int'l long distance rates in plain English on their website (quelle surprise!). So if what is on there is correct, it's only EUR.05 to call the US (plus a .15 connection fee). I wonder if that may be better for me, though there doesn't seem to be much discussion about Lebara on here... |
Orange are often not the best value for money (especially now they are not selling the Internet Max product), but something to bear in mind is that their coverage is the widest. If you are a business traveller and are sticking to the urban areas, then you won't care whether your MVNO uses the Orange, SFR or Bouygues Telecoms physical networks. But for tourists visiting the remote and scenic parts of the country, the Orange network wins hands down for coverage.
And Lebara does not run on the Orange network. |
Hold on one second— I don't mean to single anyone out, but in looking for more information about free incoming calls in this thread, I came across this post by you about a year ago:
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I'm mostly interested in being able to contact business and family in the U.S., and I'll be in major cities most of the time, so Lebara's limitations in rural areas doesn't bother me too much. But if I can get free incoming calls even from international numbers, then I might be able to be swayed away from Lebara at this point, as a free incoming call plan + Skype may turn out to be cheaper. |
You won't be charged for incoming calls in the SIM card's home country.
If you have forwarded calls to it from another provider, that will charge for the call diversion. |
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I am late to this thread, but still have a question about incoming international calls to my Orange SIM Card GSM phone. I am going to Corsica (France) in a week and wanted to verify that if I am on the Orange France network, will I be able to receive free incoming international calls? Thanks!
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Yes, if you have a Orange FR SIM Card and you have Orange FR Signal you will NOT pay for any call you receive. In Europe you don´t pay anything to receive phone calls unless you are in another country (roaming) or near a foreign border and your phone loses your home operator signal and gets signal from a foreign operator. Regards, |
So after having a less than stellar experience with Lebara, I've finally given into the Orange empire.
I left this morning for Italy for a week, and I was silly enough to not top up my account or buy the European data plan before I left, and I only have EUR 3 left in my account. I've tried purchasing more credit through my account on orange.fr, but my Visa gets declined each time. I obviously haven't found any Orange recharge cards in Italy, but would anyone know of a way in which I can recharge my account (either through my Visa, Paypal, or perhaps the rare retail location that sells Orange recharges) from here? |
The Ebay seller emy351 sells Orange France recharges. She will send you the recharge code by email and you can use the phone menu to add the credit - you don't have to wait for a piece of paper to arrive. Legit seller but charges a premium over the face value of the recharge.
If you buy the Orange France roaming pack for Europe I'd be interested to hear if it works okay. Back in July I used this pack in Italy and it ran out of credit way, way before I had downloaded anything like the data you are supposed to get included. |
Scirocco, the same thing just happened to me. I bought €20/400 MB of European data roaming that is good for 7 days, and I was planning on using it on vacation in Spain. About six hours after I crossed the border, I received a text message saying that I'd used all of my data. I know I am a fairly big data user, but there's no way I used 400 MB in a matter of hours. Normally, I buy the 500 MB/2 week recharge when I'm in France, and even I don't use all 500 MB in two weeks.
The same exact thing also happened to my boyfriend's phone. His message came about two hours after mine, but there's still no way he used 400 MB of data in a few hours either. If this is a recurring problem with Orange France, then I should have just bought a prepaid Orange Spain SIM to use for the time that I was there. |
Thanks for the feedback bluespruce, sorry that you got ripped off as well but I'm personally pleased to know it wasn't just me doing something wrong.
Although I did wonder if it has got some sort of limitation in the small print, like maybe you can only use plain http browsing and if you click on a streaming media link it will use the credit at some huge rate. |
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see my feedbacks on the "b&you" thread. noone was unhappy. |
I still have mobile card and going to france in week 3 Is there a options on the sim for data that is worth to choose before I leave? also has a http://www.europasim.com/en_GB it is better to use?
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Chr |
French mobile data on pre-pay is always problematic. At 3 euros a day for 500MB the EuropaSIM service is a doddle to use. No brainer really :)
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No, 500 megabytes. Not gigabytes :)
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I seem to recall this happening a few years back - also over the Xmas/New Year holiday - I think they are just indicating they are closed for the holidays.
Motorhome WiFi are open for business - http://www.motorhomewifi.com/ - so they may be a better - and slightly cheaper - option for a EuropaSIM card. Hope this info assists / Steve :) |
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Sadly not - that's on the old 50/150MB tariff.
I had one of those, but after trying to register on the Vodafone ITA site to create an account (necessary to change tariff) I went round in circles for a few days. Gave up. Bought a new SIM with the new tariff. +Steve :) |
thanks for the answer! I have ordered a new sim!!!!
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EuropaSIM were quite helpful - they suggested using up the spare credit on the old SIM...
BTW, I noticed that MotorhomeWifi have stopped selling SIMs on their own - this makes EuropaSIM the only supplier of SIMs on their own... +Steve :) |
Received the new sim and there are 5 euros on the sim (call 404) does sim livie for a year with only 5 euros? or should rush to put 10 euro on sim?
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Some resellers claim that Voda Italy credit does not expire - I have my doubts, so I make a chargeable event (sadly at a cost of 3 euros) every six months.
This usually involves travel outside of the UK, so not a biggie for me. I'm sure other members of this forum will have more precise knowledge... +Steve :) |
If you have a smartphone you can install "My vodafone" app from Vodafone Omnitel. It will show you the expiration date and current balance. Once configured it works via WiFi without EuropaSIM card inserted.
Some users reported successful upgrade of the old EuropaSIM cards to the new Smart Passport option using the following procedure: "Call the number 42070 (free from many roaming countries). Reply "1" to all announcements. The last one informs you that the option Passport Mobile Internet needs to be deactivated in order to activate Smart Passport. You confirm that one with "1" as well." |
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With the EuropaSIM Smart Passport option any action out of Italy (SMS, data, in/out call) triggers a daily charge of 3 EUR. As far as I understand only a recharge extends the SIM validity to additional 11 months. No usage or other actions causing a charge should be necessary.
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Can someone confirm whether or not I can now add value to an existing Mobicarte account using orange.fr from the US before I go to France? I am looking at the page and it seems like I possibly can. Has anyone done this? Or do I need to just visit a tabac when I arrive (like I usually do)?
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You can certainly add value to a Mobicarte online from outside the country using a credit card. However the card needs to be one from a French bank (or maybe those from some neighbouring EU countries will work as well). But non-EU cards typically will not be accepted.
If you really, really need the credit added before you get there you can buy top-up vouchers from ebay sellers, but you'll often have to pay above face value. Or just go to one of the Relay stores at CDG and buy a top-up there when you arrive. Or any tabac. |
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