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wco81 · 12-04-2014, 21:55

Well I did go for the Orange Lets Go SIM.

Was hoping to pick it up in Nice, during a layover in my flights, because I didn't know if it was in all the Orange shops and Corsica only had two shops listed for the whole island.

But I had to go to the shop in Ajaccio, which is in the center of a very traffic-congested town.

The clerks there seemed to be well-aware of the product and they topped it up and even though it had been reported elsewhere that the data bundle takes 24 or 48 hours to activate, it was instant and they topped it up for me. It's also reported that the first top-up must be via phone, not via the Internet.

Nor was there some information on activating and topping up by SMS.

So it seems to be a pretty good option. A lot of people seem to be gravitating towards Joe but it's hard to beat the convenience of Orange shops all over France -- though annoying that airports, at least NCE, doesn't have any shops selling SIMs, but they do sell top-up cards.

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wco81 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 304 Join Date: 17 Jun 2007 Country:	12-04-2014, 21:55 Well I did go for the Orange Lets Go SIM. Was hoping to pick it up in Nice, during a layover in my flights, because I didn't know if it was in all the Orange shops and Corsica only had two shops listed for the whole island. But I had to go to the shop in Ajaccio, which is in the center of a very traffic-congested town. The clerks there seemed to be well-aware of the product and they topped it up and even though it had been reported elsewhere that the data bundle takes 24 or 48 hours to activate, it was instant and they topped it up for me. It's also reported that the first top-up must be via phone, not via the Internet. Nor was there some information on activating and topping up by SMS. So it seems to be a pretty good option. A lot of people seem to be gravitating towards Joe but it's hard to beat the convenience of Orange shops all over France -- though annoying that airports, at least NCE, doesn't have any shops selling SIMs, but they do sell top-up cards.