I need a French Data Card

[Armytwowheels]

Good thread and very timely, as we are going away at the end of October for 5 months, and now the Camino/Vodafone.es deal has gone by the wayside, I am not sure what to go for.

I am leaning towards Popit, as it has been reccomended and we want coverage in more than one EU country. Does anyone have any info on Popits fair use policy? I haven't been able to find anything on their website.

 

[Davecrawf]

Good thread and very timely, as we are going away at the end of October for 5 months, and now the Camino/Vodafone.es deal has gone by the wayside, I am not sure what to go for.

I am leaning towards Popit, as it has been reccomended and we want coverage in more than one EU country. Does anyone have any info on Popits fair use policy? I haven't been able to find anything on their website.

I am paying £25/m for 100g. There is no 'fair usage policy' catch. 100g/m is more than enough for me.

 

[cbrookson]

I've always found over many years this website quite useful - Link for France here.

Seems to always be fairly up to date being a WIKI.

Cheers

 

[AllesP]

For my onboard router I always buy local data sims when away, Spanish and Portuguese etc. But never bought a French one and I'm going to be there for a month or so. Anyone know what data deals you can get on supermarket sims in France? Cheers.

I can highly recommend a Reglo sim. I bought a Reglo sim card at the Leclerc in Saint Pol de Leon when we arrived in France in May and loaded it with 140gb. It cost €18.95, but that included €5 for the card itself. That lasted us for a month and then we switched over to the second sim slot which has our UK Govivo Sim in it. In the Uk the Govivo card gives us unlimited data and when in France 25gb, so we had 165gb in total to last us the 6 weeks we were away.

I kept the Reglo sim card in our Avtex motorhome wifi system and when we arrived in France again at the end of August I topped it up with another 140gb, for €13.95.

It's very easy to top up their Sim cards on line, or you can pop into a Leclerc and top it up at the desk simply giving them the card details. You don't have to have 140gb, there arr lots of different amounts but we use a lot between us.

It's the best value Sim I've found and it has worked brilliantly as it uses SFR which has one of the latgest coverages in France.

They are sold in the area of the supermarket that sells books, papers, etc, not the checkout till. You'll need to provide identity and a French address. I showed my passport and gave the address of the French campsite we were going to for the first few days. Just make sure you ask them to activate the card for you.

Have a look at their web site - Reglo Mobile.

 

[Carpmart]

Good thread and very timely, as we are going away at the end of October for 5 months, and now the Camino/Vodafone.es deal has gone by the wayside, I am not sure what to go for.

I am leaning towards Popit, as it has been reccomended and we want coverage in more than one EU country. Does anyone have any info on Popits fair use policy? I haven't been able to find anything on their website.

Camino has a new offer…

€45 or just under for 200gb per month roaming outside of Spain in all Tier 1 countries and 400gb in Spain.

Ive had a technical fault with my Starlink (a new cable is on its way) and we’ve used 120gb in France over the last week or so on the Tiekom service and it’s been working perfectly.

Soooo, get on it guys, it’s almost as good as last year and certainly better if in Spain.

Edit to say, we love the Popit SiMs for our mobiles and have been using them for nearly a year, with a good proportion of that time in the EU.

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[Gromett]

Hard to fit on my pushbike. Getting an extra seat for it in restaurants is a pain, then when you do, you never find a 220 outlet near a window! Also I look a bit of a prat with a sat dish on my head at the Orange Vélodrome watching the rugby
The portable router though with a French Data sim in it can sit in a saddlebag, or be in Siân's handbag at the bar or stadium

When You said this I thought you meant for a hardwired router in your van lol.

For my onboard router

 

[Teetime]

Attached is the tarifs for reglo mobile in english (google translate so watch for errors), it is a little complicated as it shows tarrifs for all options.

It looks like internet abroad is roughly 1Gb for every euro you pay monthly, eg 5Gb for 4.95€ 10Gb for 9.95€ etc

I’ve just purchased a vodafone sim 100gb in Spain had to pay 5€ for SIM card and 15€ for 28 day PAYG DATA , renew every 28 days or when data limit reaches. When roaming throughout EU capped at 12gb.

 

[Jim]

When You said this I thought you meant for a hardwired router in your van lol.

It is hard wired, with a fixed aerial. But the router is easily removed and portable

 

[Howard B]

I have been using Popit for France and Spain. Happy with performance and customer support so far. Also, BBC and ITV are happy to let you watch their broadcasts as you are using a UK sim.

Also using Popit which has worked well in Germany, Austria & Italy. I want to park it up after 27 days use, but dont have the option as apparently my roaming % is sitting at 88% whatever that means. Dont want to pay another full month, so guess will have to contact customer service to try & cancel it completely.

 

[Davecrawf]

Also using Popit which has worked well in Germany, Austria & Italy. I want to park it up after 27 days use, but dont have the option as apparently my roaming % is sitting at 88% whatever that means. Dont want to pay another full month, so guess will have to contact customer service to try & cancel it completely.

Just play a couple of movies an your roaming will reach 100%. You will then have the option to switch to holding you sim for £1/m

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[daventess]

In my limited experience, anything that uses the Orange network has always given me the best coverage and service. So an Orange SIM if you're buying locally would be my recommendation.

I rely on mobile data for my work when I'm .. ahem .. "working" .. abroad in my MH.

 

[Andacami]

RWG just to throw another in the hat. 200gb and not limited in EU for about £20.

 

[Howard B]

Just play a couple of movies an your roaming will reach 100%. You will then have the option to switch to holding you sim for £1/m

Then ill have to pay another month.

 

[Jim]

RWG just to throw another in the hat. 200gb and not limited in EU for about £20.

If after taking your money, they bother to send the data card. And if, when you cancel, they don’t continue to take payments, then I’d agree. a great deal.

 

[Davecrawf]

Then ill have to pay another month.

Try their chat support.

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[97243]

Based in France, but bought RWG SIM at £16.66 for 200Gb full EU roving. UK SIM so no need for VPN to watch iPlayer .

 

[Davecrawf]

Based in France, but bought RWG SIM at £16.66 for 200Gb full EU roving. UK SIM so no need for VPN to watch iPlayer .

Good deal

 

[Lusky]

In France atm with RWG 200 gb deal…….. £20 no issues after 3 weeks….
And I have to say that I was a pain in the butt with my email questions to them to confirm I’d get the roaming I would want before I left the UK , and their responses to 5/6 of my emails were same day.

 

[Carpmart]

I’ll say it again, get a proper data only SIM from Tiekom. 400Gb in Spain, 200Gb roaming in the rest of tier 1.

All the other options being put forward are phone data plans, not data only SIMs, which is like comparing Oranges with Cumquats… .