Talk:France/@comment-119.73.243.165-20130116073329

I find it extremely confusing to use Orange Mobile. First, the guy at the convenience store told me to call a certain number for help, but it was all in French and I couldn't understand any of it.

I checked with the Orange boutique and was asked to show my passport so that they can register my details and activate my SIM. I was told it would take about 1 day in order to be able to subscribe to any data plan.

One day later, I realised I still could not recharge any amount to my prepaid SIM. I am unable to subscribe to any data plan since there is not enough value in the SIM. I checked with another Orange boutique and was told that I must mail in a form to "activate" in order to be able to do any recharge. That means it would probably take another few days in order for me to recharge my SIM and subscribe to a data plan.

After the extreme frustration, I went for a Virgin Mobile prepaid SIM. 10 Euros of recharge gives 100MB worth of usage for 7 days, while 20 Euros of recharge gives 300MB for 14 days. It's more expensive compared to Orange Mobile, but it WORKS IMMEDIATELY. With Orange Mobile, I probably had to wait almost 1 week in order to start surfing.