Joe Mobile

tux · 04-08-2013, 14:40

I've just discovered that Joe is a subsidiary of SFR.

123456 · 04-08-2013, 16:37

More info on how to obtain a JoeMobile SIM as a foreigner:
- Communaute Joemobile
- French SIM - MoneySavingExpert.com

More info on JoeMobile:
- JoeMobile website
- Wikipedia about JoeMobile

ronwi · 06-08-2013, 18:35

It appears that Virgin has a plan that matches the Joe 20 EUR plan - Forfaits Sans engagement Idol - Virgin Mobile - and I believe that Virgin Moible SIM cards can be bought at retail.

ronwi · 06-08-2013, 20:03

Responding to my own post - I went online to Virgin and started placing an order to see how far it would let me go. It appears that it requires a French bank account for the monthly debit of the 19.99 Euro.

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Originally Posted by ronwi

It appears that Virgin has a plan that matches the Joe 20 EUR plan - Forfaits Sans engagement Idol - Virgin Mobile - and I believe that Virgin Moible SIM cards can be bought at retail.

tux · 06-08-2013, 20:07

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Originally Posted by ronwi

Responding to my own post - I went online to Virgin and started placing an order to see how far it would let me go. It appears that it requires a French bank account for the monthly debit of the 19.99 Euro.

Like most of French operators

That's why Joe is seen as revolutionary.

In the meantime, I've decided to move to them from B&You... I'm afraid of Simyo.

Marschel · 06-08-2013, 20:26

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Originally Posted by tux

I'm afraid of Simyo.

Why are you afraid of Simyo?

tux · 06-08-2013, 20:48

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Originally Posted by Marschel

Why are you afraid of Simyo?

Don't know if you know the story about the recent changes for B&You prepaid... anyway, I've read that moving to another operator from Simyo is quite difficult, they've one of the worst customer service, unreliable service, and things like that. Given that I often use my French number, I prefer to move to a more reliable operator before B&You move me to Simyo.

ronwi · 07-08-2013, 17:27

OK then, 2 questions:

Are the monthly payments with Joe made by credit card?

I went part of the way through the Joe process, and it seemed that it wanted a French ID card or French passport - neither of which I have. Any way to get around that?

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Originally Posted by tux

Like most of French operators

That's why Joe is seen as revolutionary.

In the meantime, I've decided to move to them from B&You... I'm afraid of Simyo.

tux · 07-08-2013, 19:54

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Originally Posted by ronwi

OK then, 2 questions:

Are the monthly payments with Joe made by credit card?

Yes, but they can be either credit or prepaid cards issued in France and bordering countries: Italy, UK, Spain, Swiss, Belgium. If you have no cards issued in these countries, Joe community members suggest to apply for a virtual prepaid card by Neteller, resulting issued in UK. You can then choose the bundle you need, and if you don't need to use your French card, you can suspend temporarily your forfait and then reactivate it without losing your number, extras, etc., provided that you re-enable your sim within 6 months max. since the suspension of the service.

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Originally Posted by ronwi

I went part of the way through the Joe process, and it seemed that it wanted a French ID card or French passport - neither of which I have. Any way to get around that?

For this question I can't reply since I've not received my Joe sim yet.

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tux (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 250 Join Date: 28 Jan 2011 Country:	04-08-2013, 14:40 I've just discovered that Joe is a subsidiary of SFR.

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123456 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 134 Join Date: 14 Feb 2005 Country:	04-08-2013, 16:37 More info on how to obtain a JoeMobile SIM as a foreigner: - Communaute Joemobile - French SIM - MoneySavingExpert.com More info on JoeMobile: - JoeMobile website - Wikipedia about JoeMobile Last edited by 123456; 04-08-2013 at 16:42..

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ronwi (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 137 Join Date: 01 Oct 2006 Country:	06-08-2013, 18:35 It appears that Virgin has a plan that matches the Joe 20 EUR plan - Forfaits Sans engagement Idol - Virgin Mobile - and I believe that Virgin Moible SIM cards can be bought at retail.