using up credit on a french broadband chip

rugbyman · 20-07-2014 08:28PM #1

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

The Hill Billy · 20-07-2014 08:40PM

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

colm_mcm · 20-07-2014 09:14PM

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.

ED E · 20-07-2014 09:23PM

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.

rugbyman · 21-07-2014 06:55AM

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

GarIT · 21-07-2014 08:35AM

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

joolsveer · 21-07-2014 08:48AM

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.

joolsveer · 21-07-2014 08:50AM

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?

rugbyman · 21-07-2014 10:06AM

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

ED E · 21-07-2014 11:36AM

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.

joolsveer · 22-07-2014 08:50AM

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.

using up credit on a french broadband chip

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