Talk:France/@comment-86.161.145.152-20150419113252/@comment-24682153-20150420020948

ok. i try it one more time. The PAYG or prepaid cards of Virgin are called "cartes prépayés": Link   These cards you can load with vouchers like any prepaid card.

What you are mentioning are "forfaits sans engagement" and "forfaits bloqués". These are contracts, rolling contracts or auto-renewing monthly offers which can or cannot be stopped: Link We would like to see these options open to foreigners. But they are NOT!

They are not with Simyo, nor Sosh nor B&You nor Virgin. Because: They need a French bank card (= carte bancaire) to be linked to. A non-French payment system simply doesn't work. No discussion. Period. Joe Mobile was an exception.

If you don't believe what I say, may be you believe the Virgin Forum in French: Question to Virgin: Est-ce qu'il y a, ou il y aura, la possibilité de payer le forfait sans engagement à Virgin avec une carte bancaire d'un pays étranger?  - Is there or will be a possibility to pay the contracts (= forfaits) of Virgin with foreign bank card?

Answer by Virgin'': Il ne vous sera pas possible de payer avec une CB étrangère votre forfait. ''It will not be possible to pay with a foreign bank card your contract.

But please go ahead and try it without a French payment system. We would be happy to find a good alternative to Joe Mobile. But I will update the Virgin prepaid cards in the article soon, even if they are overpriced. But please understand, that their contracts can not be included as long as they exclude foreigners.