Dial-up internet in france

cdd
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Hi all, the situation is that i am stranded in france for the next week... With nothing but a phone line! I have had a quick search on the net which proved fruitless:-( all the pages are in French, for one thing. So, I was wondering if any of you knew of a french PAYG ISP I could connect to for my daily fix! It's easy to find this for the UK but not so easy for france. Please? Thanks, Chris
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Serves you right for going to France! ;)

I'd recommend Ireland, but I went there not long ago and it's all a bit tacky and full of touristy clichés. Oh, and it's VERY expensive. €5.50 a pint!
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Bail
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But.. how do you post this if you cant.. what...

Not sure how good this is/isn't but http://www.magic.fr/acces/rtcnumeris.php seems like the kind of thing your after, might be worth using bablefish on it.
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cdd
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Bail wrote:But.. how do you post this if you cant.. what...
I haven't gone there yet! :-)
Not sure how good this is/isn't but http://www.magic.fr/acces/rtcnumeris.php seems like the kind of thing your after, might be worth using bablefish on it.
Thanks - that looks particularly promising, especially the "ACCÈS GRATUIT DIAL UP" bit!
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Presumably there is nothing to stop you using a UK dial-up service number, but I wouldn't like to have your phone bill afterwards.

Surely they have internet cafes, and most hotels provide broadband access (for a price).

Better still, chat up some french chick (or guy) who has broadband and install yourself in their home for the duration! :lol: :lol:
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Nate J
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Orange most likely, their owned by France Telecom (aka &) they owned Orange over here and Wanadoo.

Lemme know if you need any pages translating as you know how shit the google ones are.
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StuartPlymouth wrote:Presumably there is nothing to stop you using a UK dial-up service number, but I wouldn't like to have your phone bill afterwards.
Not my bill, so I don't need to worry.

And why would I go to an internet cafe when I have a laptop!
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cdd wrote:And why would I go to an internet cafe when I have a laptop!
To plug it into a B/band port, same as you would do in a hotel or at the airport...or to pick up a decent wireless connection.
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ThePotato
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Who needs the internet when you've got Minitel ;)
http://www.minitel.fr/
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POTATO! is it really you?!
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Sput wrote:POTATO! is it really you?!
Am I really a Potato? *checks himself* - Yup! Complete with two eyes and everything! As for if I'm the Potato you're looking for, well, that's a different pan of water entirely. Check your PM's :)
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