Talk:France/@comment-35153895-20180330165136/@comment-144.136.143.88-20180331105547

@Wolfbln

Thank you very much for your explanation and further information.

Either way, it seems that I am going to need to make some compromises. We will be in the countryside quite a bit, but can accept 3G (understood it will be throttled but won't be looking to download things/surf/play games while "on the road" - we can wait for that sort of thing until we find a public Wifi). Just so long as maps are good - and that is more a function of the GPS chip, is it not (assuming the data can be downloaded for the map to be drawn)?

We will be spending quite a bit of time in other countries so EU roaming is going to be needed  (mainly for data) - again, I understand that this will be a piggyback on Orange's 3G.

Telephony will mainly be between my wife and me with the odd call to an hotel, resto, inn etc. We plan to call home via FaceTime/Messenger/Skype - i.e. data - and will only do that while on Wifi.

So, we will have to compromise for sure.

Any other thoughts will be welcomed.

Merci encore et joyeuses Pâques à tous.