Mobile plans w/ data in Paris & Rome

inquisitor · 30-08-2009, 12:26

Orange Mobicartes are sold at eBay.fr for less than € 20. Last year I got mine for € 9 or so, but you need to check, which sellers ship overseas and what they charge for postage: orange mobicarte, Téléphonie, Mobilité, Collections sur eBay - Achetez, vendez!

Regarding mail traffic, yes you'll be charged after exceeding 10MB of traffic over any mail protocol, which does not only include SMTP, but also POP3 and IMAP. So better use a webmailer if available!

djbob · 02-09-2009, 21:59

Thanks for the information, guys! I'm thinking eBay is probably not the best idea at this point, considering that I'm off to Europe in less than a week. Also, somebody reported trouble with an auctioned SIM in this thread.

So it's looking like:

Orange deal for standard phones. €12 for (unenforced) 500 MiB of traffic, plus €30 for a SIM card. Total is €42 without extra top-offs.
SFR deal for iPhones. €15 for a SIM card, plus €10 for a week of unlimited iPhone access. Total is €25 without extra top-offs.

I have two questions:

SFR is looking like the better deal, but I have a concern. It looks like their deal only works for an iPhone 3G; mine is the "classic" model, without 3G. So: do I need to go through a person to prove that I have a 3G iPhone, and is there a way for the network to tell that I have a 3G iPhone?
Is the €15 deal for an SFR SIM only valid online?

maccoy · 03-09-2009, 13:43

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Originally Posted by djbob

Is the €15 deal for an SFR SIM only valid online?

Yes, it is only valid online and when you will get the sim, you'll have to send them a copy of your documents back, unless you won't be able to activate any option on your sim.
And the registration of your documents by SFR may take several days...

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inquisitor (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,399 Join Date: 15 Nov 2006 Country:	30-08-2009, 12:26 Orange Mobicartes are sold at eBay.fr for less than € 20. Last year I got mine for € 9 or so, but you need to check, which sellers ship overseas and what they charge for postage: orange mobicarte, Téléphonie, Mobilité, Collections sur eBay - Achetez, vendez! Regarding mail traffic, yes you'll be charged after exceeding 10MB of traffic over any mail protocol, which does not only include SMTP, but also POP3 and IMAP. So better use a webmailer if available! terminals: Samsung: Galaxy S5 DuoS (G900FD); BLU: Win HD LTE; Nokia: 1200; Asus: Fonepad 7 ME372CG; Huawei data: E3372, Vodafone R201, K3765, E1762; postpaid: O2 on Business XL; prepaid: DE: Aldi Talk, Lidl; UK: 3; BG: MTel, vivacom; RU: MTS; RS: MTS; UAE: du Tourist SIM; INT'L: toggle mobile VoIP: sipgate.de (German DID); sipgate.co.uk (British DID); ukddi.com (British DID); sipcall.ch (Swiss DID); megafon.bg (Bulgarian DID); InterVoip.com

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djbob (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 5 Join Date: 28 Aug 2009 Country:	02-09-2009, 21:59 Thanks for the information, guys! I'm thinking eBay is probably not the best idea at this point, considering that I'm off to Europe in less than a week. Also, somebody reported trouble with an auctioned SIM in this thread. So it's looking like: Orange deal for standard phones. €12 for (unenforced) 500 MiB of traffic, plus €30 for a SIM card. Total is €42 without extra top-offs. SFR deal for iPhones. €15 for a SIM card, plus €10 for a week of unlimited iPhone access. Total is €25 without extra top-offs. I have two questions: SFR is looking like the better deal, but I have a concern. It looks like their deal only works for an iPhone 3G; mine is the "classic" model, without 3G. So: do I need to go through a person to prove that I have a 3G iPhone, and is there a way for the network to tell that I have a 3G iPhone? Is the €15 deal for an SFR SIM only valid online?