3g access in France

jaydeeuk1

Hi,

My parents are going away to france in their motorhome, and would like to be able to check email, watch bbc iplayer, tvcatchup etc through my proxy. I don't think the sites they are on have wifi access. Does anyone have much knowledge of 3g services in france? They have an unlocked 3g dongle so really just need a prepaid sim card, something the equivilent of tmobile web n walk for £0.50 a day.

macman

Just don't let them use a UK contract dongle on a roaming basis. Using iPlayer etc is going to result in a £1000+ bill on their return.

nomoneytoday

SFR do a dongle and 1gb start pack for EUR39
Alternatively Orange do a 500mb sim pack for around EUR10 if you have an unlocked dongle

jaydeeuk1

macman wrote: »

Just don't let them use a UK contract dongle on a roaming basis. Using iPlayer etc is going to result in a £1000+ bill on their return.

Thats why I asked about a prepaid sim card I did mean French network incase I wasn't clear enough.

Thanks, nomoney will have a look in to the orange one

macman

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

Thats why I asked about a prepaid sim card I did mean French network incase I wasn't clear enough.

Thanks, nomoney will have a look in to the orange one

That's what I thought, but thought I'd mention, it because of so many horror stories on these boards of people doing a little light dongling while abroad and regretting it when they got the bill.

jaydeeuk1

Yeah, this is one I remember....

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/04/international_roaming/

£11,000 for watching 4 episodes of friends!