Do you want a non-expiring French SIM card for travelling? €0.05/MB

Duster wrote: »

You could try joemobile france.

Its run by SFR and online only. 1GB data for 11 Euro or 3GB with calls to landlines in 55 countries for 20 Euro. Dual Carrier H+
Sim expires after 6 months of no useage. Accepts UK cards.

There is a forum on the site where sim cards have been sent to people in the UK who have requested one on the forum(sender and receiver get a 5 euro credit). The forum post title for this is
'Foreigner wanting to use Joe Mobile data plan during holiday' and that particular post is in english.

Sorry but I cant post the links as a new user but google should find everything for you.

You seem like a pretty smart bunch with a lot of this info already reviewed. I'm trying to make the same choice... spend a lot of time in France, esp. Paris... with an iPhone 5s.

I do have the French bankcard option, though using a foreign card is preferred, but I think I've narrowed down my decision to B&YOU, JoeMobile, or LeFrenchMobile.

I've seen the latter trashed elsewhere on the forum, so maybe that one should get crossed off right away. One thing I like about it is that I can add data bundles for other EU countries, as needed. Also, I can top up with a US credit card. The prices are higher, per use, but I don't know... I'm not a frequent user. This is more for convenience.

That said, B&YOU and JoeMobile both seem better for use inside France. Circa 20€ for 3Go data and unlimited calls/texts with auto renew every 30 days.

As far as I can tell, the B&YOU has access to a 4G network in the major cities. Not sure the same is true yet for JoeMobile, though I see reports that this is coming.

On the other hand, JoeMobile has a thing where I can turn off the auto-billing with the flick of a digital switch, for times when I'm not in France, which is often enough to make that worthwhile.

Is there anything in the decision I'm still missing, that might sway me in one direction? What do you guys think?

Thanks in advance for your advice...
JF

Hi

I'm looking for a SIM only package something like the good old UK PAYG packages but for use in France.

I'm heading off in a few days time to the French Alps for 5 weeks in an area where only SFR has the high speed data service that I require (I know because I paid through the nose last year via Vodafone UK using SFR service).

From looking at this and other Forum sites I have come to the conclusion that JoeMobile is possibly the right choice for me but I'd like to tap into the knowledge here on this forum, if I may, to make sure I'm not getting my wires crossed and making a mistake.

I understand from one forum that you can buy a JoeMobile SIM on Amazon (search on amazon.fr for "Joe Mobile Carte"). Presumably I could get it delivered to a UK address? Amazon France indicate this is possible and will cost €6 for a 2-3 day service. Due to my departing so soon I could instead have it delivered to my French address within a day.

Would it then simply be a case of registering the SIM online with JoeMobile.fr? Anyone know how easy difficult this actually is? What is required? I understand from 'Duster' that they accept UK credit cards but is there anything else required to register the SIM? I did try to order a SIM on the JoeMobile website but came unstuck when they asked for proof of ID (French Passport, French ID Card, French Driving Licence... etc)

As a separate note earlier in the JoeMobile website registration process I had problems getting them to accept my email address. Their site is too stringent and does not appear to allow email addresses with hyphens i.e. "-" even though they are internationally accepted as acceptable in domain and email naming conventions.

I realise that with switching the service off after 2 payments the SIM would lapse after a further 6 months but presume I can go through the whole process again next year...?

Any advice given would be much appreciated

Martin