Talk:France/@comment-88.173.73.98-20100830131449

I am in France now and not having any luck getting a SIM with Data working. Orange in Paris sold me a 15 euro SIM and convinced me to add 35 euro credit to if because it would last more months and give me some free credit so in all I paid 50 euros. They started me on the mobicarte plan and I saw them key in 220 then the other codes to turn on the internet options. Unfortunately, I don't speak french so couldn't get through the menus. They said internet would be charged at 3 euros per day and be unlimited. The first 2 days it worked for about 30 seconds each and my credit was all used up - YES ALL 50 euros of it. I didn't use it to call and sent only 1 text so I should have had 46.80 euros remaining but when I went to an Orange store in Nice the next day, they couldn't help me and calling customer services didn't help as they were in French and I couldn't find a free way to reach them (they actually charge you to talk their customer services). I also gave SFR 30 euros but as was noted here, they don't work in English at all so that money was gone after the first week and I never got to use it at all. BE VERY VERY CAREFUL with mobile internet while in France. I have not been able to get refunds from either place. Orange and SFR stores are not backed in any way by other stores and the central groups have been too difficult for me to reach to know if they will back their stores either.