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Bonjour Bev et al,
I am sure that this topic has been raised before , but has anyone got any suggestions for an alternative to the pricey packages offered by Orange and the like?
We have a 'phone landline( calls extra)/ computer connection + 'free-to-France' 'computer' 'phone/presumably a TV connection plus one mobile phone ( calls extra) package tied in with a Livebox. For this we pay over 100 euros a month.
In the UK we had a similar deal ( once again the TV connection was of no interest) and a separate mobile phone arrangement yet we paid no more than £50/50 Euros/$75 for everything combined.
Any ideas?
Have heard some nightmare stories of people being seduced into special offers which after a few weeks revert to the original rates and thus lock the client into the same yearly contractual nightmare . This is compounded when customer service - never the best at most times - is diminished because the providers for phone/computer/mobile etc are now no longer one and the same.
And while I am on this theme, are all pay-as-you go packages as punitive as Orange?
What ever I prepay on my mobile I have a short time to use the credits and not being a manic consumer (ie not a teenager ) I am usually out of pocket - and then Orange text to say I loose my number if I do not recharge within a week. I am not over concerned by what mobile number I have - not too sure I like being blackmailed.
Apart from that life is great! Best wishes from a sunny France Centre,John
I am sure that this topic has been raised before , but has anyone got any suggestions for an alternative to the pricey packages offered by Orange and the like?
We have a 'phone landline( calls extra)/ computer connection + 'free-to-France' 'computer' 'phone/presumably a TV connection plus one mobile phone ( calls extra) package tied in with a Livebox. For this we pay over 100 euros a month.
In the UK we had a similar deal ( once again the TV connection was of no interest) and a separate mobile phone arrangement yet we paid no more than £50/50 Euros/$75 for everything combined.
Any ideas?
Have heard some nightmare stories of people being seduced into special offers which after a few weeks revert to the original rates and thus lock the client into the same yearly contractual nightmare . This is compounded when customer service - never the best at most times - is diminished because the providers for phone/computer/mobile etc are now no longer one and the same.
And while I am on this theme, are all pay-as-you go packages as punitive as Orange?
What ever I prepay on my mobile I have a short time to use the credits and not being a manic consumer (ie not a teenager ) I am usually out of pocket - and then Orange text to say I loose my number if I do not recharge within a week. I am not over concerned by what mobile number I have - not too sure I like being blackmailed.
Apart from that life is great! Best wishes from a sunny France Centre,John