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wolfbln · 16-04-2015, 16:54

At least you can forget about Bouygues because it has been confirmed now, that you can't top up their prepaid card in 2€ steps without a French credit card. The bigger recharges like 10€ you can do, buying vouchers. But you wont get a good data rate for this. The top-ups will not add up either. You can only top up after data or time has been used up. Very convenient. The text on the WIKI has been changed because of it.

What Free is concerned, I asked the forum here, whether they accept non-French credit cards at their machines. It has the French CB (for Cartes Bancaire) sticker which hints, that they are not. But someone has to try it, before we can really recommend them.

The problem is that we mostly get information about the French SIM Cards by French people who can never imagine, that their providers don't accept any payment system other than a French one. But B&You, Simyo, Virgin, ..... only accept French Cards; SFR only AmEx as a non-French. system.

So you might give it a try and give us a report, whether their machines are really an option for foreigners. Rates you find in the prepaid WIKI.

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wolfbln (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 206 Join Date: 14 Jul 2014 Country:	16-04-2015, 16:54 At least you can forget about Bouygues because it has been confirmed now, that you can't top up their prepaid card in 2€ steps without a French credit card. The bigger recharges like 10€ you can do, buying vouchers. But you wont get a good data rate for this. The top-ups will not add up either. You can only top up after data or time has been used up. Very convenient. The text on the WIKI has been changed because of it. What Free is concerned, I asked the forum here, whether they accept non-French credit cards at their machines. It has the French CB (for Cartes Bancaire) sticker which hints, that they are not. But someone has to try it, before we can really recommend them. The problem is that we mostly get information about the French SIM Cards by French people who can never imagine, that their providers don't accept any payment system other than a French one. But B&You, Simyo, Virgin, ..... only accept French Cards; SFR only AmEx as a non-French. system. So you might give it a try and give us a report, whether their machines are really an option for foreigners. Rates you find in the prepaid WIKI.