Talk:France/@comment-92.146.242.161-20100812205711

I've been in France now for three weeks with an unlocked iPhone 2G and still struggling to find a workable PAYG SIM solution with data.

I've tried going into a few Orange stores but they're clueless or their system is down.

AFAICT there isn't any PAYG data option for SFR. The employees at an SFR store pointed me to either a voice/SMS option or a teenagers-only data plan (not noticing I was nearly old enough to be the grandfather of a teenager). They wouldn't discuss it any further unless I produced a passport. I'm guessing a French bank account is going to be necessary for anything more.

I've spent a lot of time on both Orange and SFR sites trying to parse what their data access entails ( or "email"). I've downloaded their PDFs with fine print. Some say that internet "navigation" is unlimited but you can't download, which seems to be an awkward distinction, as typing http addresses without downloading any page content seems pointless.