A bit of good news/bad news on the MiFi front:
Good news, there's a free and apparently straightforward (haven't tried it
yet) way to unlock the MiFi I bought from 3, to put a native French SIM in it:
http://mobile.engadget.com/2010/05/10/huawei-e5830-mifi-i-mo-blessed-with-unofficial-free-unlock-too/
Good news (if you're thinking about getting a MiFi but haven't yet), it looks
like the one I got just a couple of weeks ago, the E5830, was the last of the
those; they're now selling a newer version, the E585, with a considerably more
informative display (and Zibri's unlocking that one too):
http://recombu.com/news/three-mifi-huawei-e585-hands-on-everything-we-wanted-from-the-e5830_M12012.html
Bad news (perhaps) if you're planning to get one of these and hope to be able
to get a PAYG SIM to use outside the UK: the new E585, although otherwise very
similar, apparently uses a micro-sim whereas the old one used a standard SIM.
That might make it harder to get a PAYG one in some countries?
All of which still leaves me wondering about who, if anyone, sells a PAYG SIM
with data in France? Anyone know?
thanks in advance,
Ben
On 21/07/2010 21:56, Ben Rubinstein wrote:
Hi Philippe,
Assuming Tobio's advice works for you re the hardware, perhaps you can
fill in the other part, the SIM?
I've got a MiFi from three, which I expect I can unlock; and I'm going
to be in a rural bit of southern France for a few weeks in a month or
so, with no broadband, but usable 3G.
Is there a French network that will sell me a SIM on a reasonable
pay-as-you-go package? E.g. in the UK at the moment, three's current
deal on the MiFi PAYG is 5GB over thirty days for £15; O2 do a SIM-only
PAYG for phones at £10/month which includes 500MB of data (which I
assume would work in an unlocked MiFi). Is there something like that
available in France?
thanks in advance,
Ben
On 15/07/2010 10:44, Philippe Chandless wrote:
Hello,
I'm decamping to a friend's flat in the mountains as the heat in
Grenoble is becoming unbearable (38c and v v humid). Problem is that
his flat has no phone line and I expect the internet cafes to be
closed until December (It's in a ski resort).
So, I'm looking for a MIFI router that works with Macs and is
unlocked/unlock-able so that I can use it here and in the UK. I know I
could get a dongle but I'd like to use multiple devices and to share
the connection with others.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
Thanks
Philippe
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