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using up credit on a french broadband chip

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  • 20-07-2014 9:28pm
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    rugbyman
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    Hello there l am in france on holiday and bought myself a Domino device off Orange. An orange sim card inside and 20 euro of credit, giving 2 Go (gigabites) over one month. Anyway credit ended after three days. My daughter is rarely off instagram and snapchat. Has this gobblec up a months redit in three days, or am I just bonkers


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    The Hill Billy
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    Moved from Living Abroad to Broadband as you are more likely to get a decent answer here rather than from a bunch of people living in random locations around the world.

    tHB


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    colm_mcm
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    2gb isn't a lot, but I wouldn't have thought snapchat or Instagram would be particularly heavy. Perhaps there is some video/music stuff being done too.


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    ED E
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    colm_mcm wrote: »
    2gb isn't a lot, but I wouldn't have thought snapchat or Instagram would be particularly heavy. Perhaps there is some video/music stuff being done too.

    Instagram has autoplay video afaik, app is gonna pull a fair bit.

    One netflix movie in hd could use most of it too. You'd want 30gb or more if you have teenagers.


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    rugbyman
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    On several occasions during these three days the internet appeared to fail. Even a n orange "credit has run out "notice would appear, but rebooting the donglethingy put it back on.
    No netflix stuff was used
    This 20 euro /2 G b/ one month system says that you get up to 167 hours of normal surfing. I found a useful tool where you can estimate your usage. Takes a lot to use it up.
    I have prior experience of these devices and usually get a month


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    GarIT
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    It depends on the person 2GB might last me a couple of mins.


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    joolsveer
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    I have one of these Orange devices that I use on visits to France. Twenty euros credit generally lasts about a week. I then have a problem topping up as only the Orange website is allowed and my Visa card requires that I have access to my gmail account for a verification number. It is a pain and I would like to hear of an alternative for surfing in France.


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    joolsveer
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    rugbyman wrote: »
    On several occasions during these three days the internet appeared to fail. Even a n orange "credit has run out "notice would appear, but rebooting the donglethingy put it back on.
    No netflix stuff was used
    This 20 euro /2 G b/ one month system says that you get up to 167 hours of normal surfing. I found a useful tool where you can estimate your usage. Takes a lot to use it up.
    I have prior experience of these devices and usually get a month

    What monitoring tool do you use?


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    rugbyman
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    joolsveer wrote: »
    What monitoring tool do you use?

    Jools, I buy my credit in an orange shop. 20 euro for one month 2Go , as they call it, 30 euro can last five months and up to 3 Go.
    Keeping a spare credit voucher is not a problem, they are valid for a year.
    Re the monitoring tool , I have no idea, perhapsi found it on orange.fr


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    ED E
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    2gb is enough for a months gmail or a weeks light browsing. Your teens will slaughter it.

    See my attached image. That was 1 day.


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    joolsveer
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    rugbyman wrote: »
    Jools, I buy my credit in an orange shop. 20 euro for one month 2Go , as they call it, 30 euro can last five months and up to 3 Go.
    Keeping a spare credit voucher is not a problem, they are valid for a year.
    Re the monitoring tool , I have no idea, perhapsi found it on orange.fr

    How do you activate the credit? I don't have an Orange mobile and my French mobile from another provider is not recognised by Orange.


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