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Mobile data in France

  • 09-05-2009 2:43pm
    #1
    mk6705
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering what an affordable way to use mobile data in France would be? Will be going there for a week and a half so I'd consider either getting an Irish SIM from another network or getting a French SIM for it. Will also being going to Belgium but only for a few days so I'm not that bothered about that, but I'd still appreciate any advice.


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  • #2
    flodis79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,820 ✭✭✭flodis79


    99c a day deal with vodafone live access point will work in France as well. you can use up to 50 MB of data per day for that price.


  • #3
    Davy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    Mr.S wrote: »
    Really? I thought the 99c charge doesn't include Roaming

    Their live apn will give you 50MB a day for €0.99 from 00:00 till 23:59 every day with any network abroad once vodafone have an agreement with them.


  • #4
    Patrickof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 669 ✭✭✭Patrickof


    Can you get your emails through the live apn, via an email client. I suppose you can always use webmail though.

    Is it also true for PAYG vodafone? (the 99c per day)


  • #5
    ardmacha
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    The Gmail client seems to work fine on the Live APN.


  • #6
    culabula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,213 ✭✭✭culabula


    There is also this new offer from Universal Mobile: haven't studied it in depth but by and large, France is awful for the mobile warrior. Bouygues was the best, but my God would it eat your top-up in a matter of hours. There is very, very little for the occasional visitor (unlike, Ireland, Italy, Spain or UK) and this seems like a glimmer of hope in an otherwise abyss of unyielding, unbending, terminally hopeless.........(cont'd P94)

    http://www.giiks.com/7413-universal-mobile-passe-la-data-en-illimite/


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  • #7
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    For the ultra-cheap option, Hagar mentioned recently that all McDonald's in France have free WiFi.


  • #8
    culabula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,213 ✭✭✭culabula


    Patrickof wrote: »
    Can you get your emails through the live apn, via an email client. I suppose you can always use webmail though.

    Is it also true for PAYG vodafone? (the 99c per day)

    I'd like to know this.


  • #9
    culabula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,213 ✭✭✭culabula


    http://www.auchan.fr/univers/articles/universArt.jsp?docId=53811&idChannelN2=37904&idChannelN3=37919


  • #10
    culabula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,213 ✭✭✭culabula


    Patrickof wrote: »
    Can you get your emails through the live apn, via an email client. I suppose you can always use webmail though.

    Is it also true for PAYG vodafone? (the 99c per day)

    Yes, it is. I just stuck it in my unlocked e220 modem, entered all settings plus the proxy in Safari and it's working like a dream. Perfect, so for the next few days in France and finally a solution to that country's mobile nightmare situation.


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