Talk:France/@comment-193.253.141.80-20100822235726

OK, here's my report. I'm in France now, typing on my MBP tethered to my jailbroken iPhone with a Mobicarte in it (aug 2010). The Mobicarte allows you to activate the internet Max monthly plan just fine at 12 euro's. I've also activated the mail plan to use SMTP, POP and IMAP, costing an additional 9 euro's. All in all, the total cost for a month of 'unlimited' surfing and e-mailing is around 30 euros (including the sim the 21 euro's for surfing and e-mail, although if you just use webmail you can do it for 20 euro's). The only problem I had is that Orange had to somehow 'identify' the sim as mine (apparantly French law requires this). I had bought it using the Orange.fr website, and when I got it it had apparantly not been 'identified' as mine even though I had ordered it with my name and (French) address. When i tried activating the internet MAX option it kept saying I had to go to a point of sale to show my ID. I was able to buy the Mail plan, but not the Internet MAX plan. After two days of frustration (I was in the countryside with no Orange shop in the vicinity) I simply walked into a local tabac store that also sold Mobicarte credit, and explained the issue in my best French. I showed them my sim, my passport and the paper I got along with my SIM (containing a free customer service number). They were very friendly, called customer service and resolved everything with them. The next day I was good to go and was able to activate the internet MAX plan without further problems. All in all I think this is a pretty good deal if you intend to stay in France for longer than 2 weeks and want permanent internet access. If anyone has anymore questions I'll check back here every once in a while and I can try to answer them. Cheers.