Any experience with Free?

Motel75 · **Any experience with Free? -** 16-11-2012, 13:23

Seeing how Free has totally disrupted to French telecommunications market with its lower prices, to the extent that Vivendi now wants to sell SFR because it is no longer a "cash cow", I'm surprised that there's nothing in this forum about it. Does anyone here have any experience with Free? What are the costs, benefits, data policies, and expiration?

NFH · 17-11-2012, 09:46

Free currently offers pay-monthly contracts only; there are no prepaid services. When they eventually launch a prepaid service, I'm sure it will be a good deal.

kuba.g · 17-11-2012, 14:49

Looking at Free's pay-monthly contracts contracts - they are a very very good deal.

Motel75 · 17-11-2012, 21:10

I hope they hurry up with prepaid, then!

willemijns · 09-01-2013, 16:22

No enough margins or the price will be stupid ^^

inquisitor · 27-08-2013, 12:12

A friend of mine will move to Grenoble for his master studies next month and he is highly interested in subscribing to Free's "Forfait Free" tariff for € 19.99/month.

Can anyone tell me what formalities are required to become a customer? I guess he will need a French bank account? Is there anything else to observe?

Does Free also run shops or are they direct selling online only?

Thanks.

tux · 27-08-2013, 13:21

Yes, you need a French bank account. And no, they don't run shops, at the moment, though I read a rumour earlier this year where they were supposed to open a big shop in Paris...

Maybe, if he's moving just for some months, Joe could be a better choice (he could use his German credit card - it works also with prepaid debit cards)

willemijns · 27-08-2013, 13:37

> Yes, you need a French bank account.

yes

> And no, they don't run shops, at the moment, though I read a rumour earlier this year where they were supposed to open a big shop in Paris...

the Paris shop is open since 15 months

for grenoble, they are a shop too
http://www.universfreebox.com/articl...oble-en-photos

tux · 27-08-2013, 14:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by willemijns

> Yes, you need a French bank account.

yes

> And no, they don't run shops, at the moment, though I read a rumour earlier this year where they were supposed to open a big shop in Paris...

the Paris shop is open since 15 months

for grenoble, they are a shop too
Univers Freebox - Région Rhone Alpes - Découvrez le nouveau Free Center de Grenoble en photos

Oh, finally they opened it. I haven't read news about new openings since I read that rumour

inquisitor · 27-08-2013, 22:19

Merci beaucoup, tux et willemjns! I've just ordered a Joe SIM. Let's see if they still accept German credit cards, about which I'll report on the relevant thread.

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Motel75 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 573 Join Date: 15 Jun 2006 Location: Berlin Country:	Any experience with Free? - 16-11-2012, 13:23 Seeing how Free has totally disrupted to French telecommunications market with its lower prices, to the extent that Vivendi now wants to sell SFR because it is no longer a "cash cow", I'm surprised that there's nothing in this forum about it. Does anyone here have any experience with Free? What are the costs, benefits, data policies, and expiration? Current DE: Vodafone, Netzklub; PL: Klucz, Virgin; UK: Giffgaff, Vodafone; US: T-Mobile; CA: 7-Eleven; IT: Vodafone; UA: Kyivstar; FR: Bouygues; GR: Vodafone Former DE: Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, Blauworld, 01051mobile, Solomo, Lycamobile, Simyo, Congstar, Fonic, Edeka Mobile, Lidl Mobile; PL: Heyah, Era, Virgin, Sami Swoi, Orange, POP, iPlus, Carrefour Mova, Telepin Mobi, Play, Lycamobile, T-Mobile; UK: Vodafone, T-Mobile, Virgin; US: T-Mobile, AT&T, Lycamobile; CZ: Vodafone, Oskar; ES: Lebara; GR: Vodafone, Wind; UA: Vodafone; IL: Orange; TR: Turkcell

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NFH (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 322 Join Date: 11 Apr 2012 Location: London Country:	17-11-2012, 09:46 Free currently offers pay-monthly contracts only; there are no prepaid services. When they eventually launch a prepaid service, I'm sure it will be a good deal.

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kuba.g (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 228 Join Date: 24 Oct 2010 Country:	17-11-2012, 14:49 Looking at Free's pay-monthly contracts contracts - they are a very very good deal. Mobile internet sim cards: INT: abroadband, NL: Simyo, bliep, BE: Colruyt Mobile, MEDIONmobile, LUX: Orange, PL: mBank Mobile, DE: Congstar, MEDIONmobile, IE: Vodafone, CH: OK Mobil, SwissCom, SE: Telia, ES: MásMovil, GR: Cosmote, IT: TIM, RO: Vodafone, RS: mt:s, BY: Privet, UA: Kievstar, MD: Moldcell Feel free to consult me about sim cards in the Benelux and Poland.*

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Motel75 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 573 Join Date: 15 Jun 2006 Location: Berlin Country:	17-11-2012, 21:10 I hope they hurry up with prepaid, then! Current DE: Vodafone, Netzklub; PL: Klucz, Virgin; UK: Giffgaff, Vodafone; US: T-Mobile; CA: 7-Eleven; IT: Vodafone; UA: Kyivstar; FR: Bouygues; GR: Vodafone Former DE: Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, Blauworld, 01051mobile, Solomo, Lycamobile, Simyo, Congstar, Fonic, Edeka Mobile, Lidl Mobile; PL: Heyah, Era, Virgin, Sami Swoi, Orange, POP, iPlus, Carrefour Mova, Telepin Mobi, Play, Lycamobile, T-Mobile; UK: Vodafone, T-Mobile, Virgin; US: T-Mobile, AT&T, Lycamobile; CZ: Vodafone, Oskar; ES: Lebara; GR: Vodafone, Wind; UA: Vodafone; IL: Orange; TR: Turkcell

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willemijns (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 151 Join Date: 09 Jan 2013 Country:	09-01-2013, 16:22 No enough margins or the price will be stupid ^^ FR volunteer specialist in mobile. Looks for free SIM with FR roaming Orange, Bouygues & SFR. Delight mobile OK. Piranha mobile OK until now with a bad issue at the beginning.

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inquisitor (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,399 Join Date: 15 Nov 2006 Country:	27-08-2013, 12:12 A friend of mine will move to Grenoble for his master studies next month and he is highly interested in subscribing to Free's "Forfait Free" tariff for € 19.99/month. Can anyone tell me what formalities are required to become a customer? I guess he will need a French bank account? Is there anything else to observe? Does Free also run shops or are they direct selling online only? Thanks. 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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tux (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 250 Join Date: 28 Jan 2011 Country:	27-08-2013, 13:21 Yes, you need a French bank account. And no, they don't run shops, at the moment, though I read a rumour earlier this year where they were supposed to open a big shop in Paris... Maybe, if he's moving just for some months, Joe could be a better choice (he could use his German credit card - it works also with prepaid debit cards)

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willemijns (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 151 Join Date: 09 Jan 2013 Country:	27-08-2013, 13:37 > Yes, you need a French bank account. yes > And no, they don't run shops, at the moment, though I read a rumour earlier this year where they were supposed to open a big shop in Paris... the Paris shop is open since 15 months for grenoble, they are a shop too http://www.universfreebox.com/articl...oble-en-photos FR volunteer specialist in mobile. Looks for free SIM with FR roaming Orange, Bouygues & SFR. Delight mobile OK. Piranha mobile OK until now with a bad issue at the beginning.

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inquisitor (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,399 Join Date: 15 Nov 2006 Country:	27-08-2013, 22:19 Merci beaucoup, tux et willemjns! I've just ordered a Joe SIM. Let's see if they still accept German credit cards, about which I'll report on the relevant thread. 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