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[Mondo999]

Heading to France next week - out into the sticks. The only network with even half decent coverage where we're going is Orange. But I can't find out which network(s) my Virgin Mobile SIM will default to over there. Will it latch onto Orange automatically? Is it limited to one French network (which would make things tricky!)? If my Virgin Mobile won't connect to Orange, I'll consider getting a burner SIM on Orange while we're there. Any recent experiences or VM expertise gratefully received!

[paulchambers061]

The networks that should work for vm phones in france are bouygues and sfr. I remember talking to someone else a few months back that said that only orange had a good signal where they were.

[Mondo999]

Thanks for the quick response. Just to be clear: your correspondent could only get an Orange signal and VM wouldn't connect...

[paulchambers061]

Yep, I'll try and find the thread

[paulchambers061]

It was this 61 post saga. Upshot is off you have the new purple sim issued since December 2017, it won't connect to orange F. Only sfr and bouygues. 

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Virgin-Mobile/Orange-F-in-France/td-p/3706056