Hi Val, below some information about telephone and Internet possibilities via Orange.
Telephone and Internet via Orange for secondary homes.
When you use your French home as a secondary house there are some cheap possibilities for using the telephone line and the internet (if internet is available through the telephone line). This option is only available through Orange.
First of all you can get a telephone line (traditional) for about € 17 per month. It has to be registered as a “ligne fixe pour maison secondaire”. Having that, you can suspend the line during the periods you are not present by using the Internet and going on the Orange website, or by calling Orange. Suspension may not take longer than 1 year. Activation after suspension costs about € 6. All calls made through this line have to be paid. When you need to make many calls during your stay, I may have a nice and cheap solution for that, so don’t hesitate to ask me.
New are the possibilities for getting Internet. When Internet is available you can get Internet for € 11 per month. You have to buy your own modem from Orange for € 30. The Internet connection cannot be suspended, although it won’t work once you have suspended your telephone line.
Pop in for more advice (I’m open on Sunday mornings during the St Antonin market).
Hans, VIDEPC
