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Motel75

16-11-2012 12:23

Any experience with Free?

Seeing how Free has totally disrupted to French telecommunications market with its lower prices, to the extent that Vivendi now wants to sell SFR because it is no longer a "cash cow", I'm surprised that there's nothing in this forum about it. Does anyone here have any experience with Free? What are the costs, benefits, data policies, and expiration?

NFH	17-11-2012 08:46

Free currently offers pay-monthly contracts only; there are no prepaid services. When they eventually launch a prepaid service, I'm sure it will be a good deal.

kuba.g

17-11-2012 13:49

Looking at Free's pay-monthly contracts contracts - they are a very very good deal.

Motel75

17-11-2012 20:10

I hope they hurry up with prepaid, then!

willemijns

09-01-2013 15:22

No enough margins or the price will be stupid ^^

inquisitor

27-08-2013 12:12

A friend of mine will move to Grenoble for his master studies next month and he is highly interested in subscribing to Free's "Forfait Free" tariff for € 19.99/month.

Can anyone tell me what formalities are required to become a customer? I guess he will need a French bank account? Is there anything else to observe?

Does Free also run shops or are they direct selling online only?

Thanks.

tux	27-08-2013 13:21

Yes, you need a French bank account. And no, they don't run shops, at the moment, though I read a rumour earlier this year where they were supposed to open a big shop in Paris...

Maybe, if he's moving just for some months, Joe could be a better choice (he could use his German credit card - it works also with prepaid debit cards)

willemijns

27-08-2013 13:37

> Yes, you need a French bank account.

yes

> And no, they don't run shops, at the moment, though I read a rumour earlier this year where they were supposed to open a big shop in Paris...

the Paris shop is open since 15 months

for grenoble, they are a shop too
http://www.universfreebox.com/articl...oble-en-photos

tux	27-08-2013 14:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by willemijns (Post 43875)

> Yes, you need a French bank account.

yes

> And no, they don't run shops, at the moment, though I read a rumour earlier this year where they were supposed to open a big shop in Paris...

the Paris shop is open since 15 months

for grenoble, they are a shop too
Univers Freebox - Région Rhone Alpes - Découvrez le nouveau Free Center de Grenoble en photos

Oh, finally they opened it. I haven't read news about new openings since I read that rumour :p

inquisitor

27-08-2013 22:19

Merci beaucoup, tux et willemjns! I've just ordered a Joe SIM. Let's see if they still accept German credit cards, about which I'll report on the relevant thread.

wco81

14-11-2013 23:04

According to this site, Free allows credit cards and now you can cancel without fines:

Quote:

Free Mobile mobile is a Pay as You Go program, with automatic renewals, but no fines for canceling early, no activation fees, etc. All credit/debit cards, not limited to French issued ones, should function fine. (Automatic payment via a French bank account is also possible.)

[Under 'paiement de votre commande' on the right hand side, under the box there is a link which says payer par carte bancaire. It will then change the box to one that allows you to enter the details of any card. Your bank may charge a transaction fee for using this.]

http://prepaidwithdata.wikia.com/wiki/France

Anyone try it?

willemijns

18-11-2013 20:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by wco81 (Post 44707)

According to this site, Free allows credit cards

maybe for ther initial paiement... maybe maybe...

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