B&YOU: carte prépayée

[willemijns]

For this SIM card, one paid call per year is sufficient. no need to top-up if your credit is sufficient.

the official doc says you receive 2 sms (D-30 and D-7 before closing the account forever)

for me in France, i call 3 seconds every semester (cost 1 cent *2 per year)
my grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-son will empty the credit

[woody1]

Originally Posted by willemijns

For this SIM card, one paid call per year is sufficient. no need to top-up if your credit is sufficient.

the official doc says you receive 2 sms (D-30 and D-7 before closing the account forever)

for me in France, i call 3 seconds every semester (cost 1 cent *2 per year)
my grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-son will empty the credit

That's a good plan. One problem is that I can't find anything on the website that shows when the card will expire or when the last call was placed. That means that you have to track the expiration date yourself. I'm going to be in France briefly at the end of May and I wanted to make sure that the card would still be working when I got there.

Also, I don't see any options for data packages with this card. Is per megabyte billing the only option available?

[RN7]

As a newcomer to the world of overseas pre-paid deals, I’ve just read the entire B&YOU thread from top to bottom and it’s like a thrilling switchback ride with all its ups and downs! So from what I understand, the original B&YOU offer has closed; but what is the feeling about its successor from SIMYO? Is the latter considered a good (the best?) pre-paid deal for calls and data in France?
Many thanks in advance for comments.
RN7

[willemijns]

They are better than SIMYO

[willemijns]

FYI An (evident) unofficial sell processing is launched since X weeks on Bouygues Telecom who manages SIMYO.

This offer will disappears in 2 years max (95% probability).

[willemijns]

Another name change in progress, please wait i check informations....

[willemijns]

New name "Carte prépayée Bouygues Telecom", no core change in expiration
date process..... After 8/26/2015 you must go to bouygues telecom website instead of simyo.fr

I WAIT CONFIRMATION THE 26TH AUGUST.

[NFH]

I've just received the following e-mail from Simyo:

Bonjour ,

Le 12 novembre prochain, Bouygues Telecom cessera définitivement d'exploiter la marque simyo.
A cette occasion, dès le 26 août, votre offre prépayée sera rebaptisée « Carte Prépayée Bouygues Telecom », et vous aurez accès Ã* l'espace client Bouygues Telecom.

Pas d'autres changements pour vous : vous conserverez votre ligne, vos recharges sans durée de validité et la possibilité de recharger dans votre point de vente habituel, par téléphone ou par internet.

Rendez-vous dans l'espace client simyo.fr pour en savoir plus.

L'équipe simyo.

[woody1]

Maybe using the Bouygues website will be better. I live in the US and It would be great if I could use a non-French credit card to recharge. I'm not familiar with the Bouygues website, so I don't know how it will work out.

Thanks for asking us to the change!

[Motel75]

Looks like validity is extended by recharging only. So far, placing a call and sending an SMS haven't changed the expiration date, even though the remaining credit changes on the Bouygues website.

http://www.assistance.bouyguesteleco...carte-prepayee
Votre ligne reste ouverte 12 mois Ã* compter de votre dernier rechargement. Vous êtes toujours joignable!


Another thing, the phone was in a drawer for a few weeks, and the first time I switched it on after it had become a Bouygues account it took a while before it was able to do anything (send/receive calls, send messages). I was afraid it had expired, but then after 15 minutes, everything was fine.