France

snaimon · **France -** 13-05-2008, 17:38

Is there a GOOD reason(s) I should acquire one or more SIM(s) for France for a 2-week stay this summer? I don't see any reason myself. Any thoughts?

I have Travelsim & UM+ and a German SUNSIM with 9 cents inbound in France. I should have FREE INBOUND in France on the international cards. I only know a few people in France --- from a very long time ago. Not in contact with them any more and I am not planning to try to find them. We will have a rental car from Germany. This is a vacation trip and not business. We already have a place to stay. There may be some, but not many, calls to French businesses, etc.

Several years ago when we were without mobile phones, our almost new German rental car broke down. We were eventually towed off to a French (what else?) car dealer and mainly used calling cards to deal with the rental car company. I believe we were also charged something for long distance usage by the dealer.

Thanks in advance,

Stan

Effendi · 14-05-2008, 09:25

I think there's not much good reason... also because French prepaid cards are incredibly expensive also for local calls so that it can be cheaper using UM, Travelsim or Sunsim...

MATHA531 · 14-05-2008, 09:52

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Originally Posted by Effendi

I think there's not much good reason... also because French prepaid cards are incredibly expensive also for local calls so that it can be cheaper using UM, Travelsim or Sunsim...

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And instead of being able to roll over your credit and account for a future visit, they steal your credit after incredibly short periods of time...if you top up for €10 and don't use up the credit within 15 days, it's stolen...if you top up for €15, they give you a whole 30 days....6 months later, they take back the number and unlike say the UK prepaids or UM, you can't avoid this by doing some transaction.

This is outright thievery, if you ask me, and something the eu should do something about.

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snaimon (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 898 Join Date: 17 Mar 2004 Location: Richmond, VA USA Country:	France - 13-05-2008, 17:38 Is there a GOOD reason(s) I should acquire one or more SIM(s) for France for a 2-week stay this summer? I don't see any reason myself. Any thoughts? I have Travelsim & UM+ and a German SUNSIM with 9 cents inbound in France. I should have FREE INBOUND in France on the international cards. I only know a few people in France --- from a very long time ago. Not in contact with them any more and I am not planning to try to find them. We will have a rental car from Germany. This is a vacation trip and not business. We already have a place to stay. There may be some, but not many, calls to French businesses, etc. Several years ago when we were without mobile phones, our almost new German rental car broke down. We were eventually towed off to a French (what else?) car dealer and mainly used calling cards to deal with the rental car company. I believe we were also charged something for long distance usage by the dealer. Thanks in advance, Stan Phones: DASH V3 (3) Service: US T-MO post paid (2) - US T-MO prepaid (2) - UM+ - TravelSIM DE SIMYO - DE SUNSIM T-Mobile DE Calling Cards: Onesuite Enjoyprepaid AT&T MCI Mobivox

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Effendi (Offline) The great Dictator! Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,487 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Trieste/Trst Country:	14-05-2008, 09:25 I think there's not much good reason... also because French prepaid cards are incredibly expensive also for local calls so that it can be cheaper using UM, Travelsim or Sunsim... Working Prepaids: IT: Wind, Vodafone IT, UNO Mobile; SM: Prima; UK: 3, Virgin; INT: TravelSIM, Truphone. Deceased Prepaids: CZ: Oskar, Eurotel; SK: Orange; DE: E-Plus, Aldi, Simyo; GE: Geocell; AM: Armentel; PL: Heyah, Plus; LT: Tele2; LV: Amigo; EE: Elisa; UA: Kyivstar; NZ: Vodafone; INT: UM, UM+, ICQSim. GSM/3G Phones: Nokia Lumia 630 dual sim