Letters: Here is a cheap way for second-home owners to get internet in France
Connexion reader suggests a flexible and cost-effective alternative to a fixed contract
A fibre internet connection typically costs around €40 a month - but there are cheaper options
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To the Editor,
Your internet connection article omitted a very cheap option for intermittent usage: buying an internet router in the UK with a SIM card slot for 4/5G reception sufficient to run a 4K TV
At the time of writing, Labara was offering new customers 60GB data from €5.99 a month for a SIM with no commitment.
Visiting five times a year tends to use 100GB in two weeks for internet TV, so the €7.99 for 250GB per month offer (again, for new customers) may be more suitable.
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It is a phone SIM but I leave it in the router and use it as my French number, putting it in my phone from time to time.
It is still cheaper even if I leave the monthly contract rolling over winter when I do not visit my holiday home.
The router concentrates the signal better than my mobile.
It runs Wi-Fi throughout the house and is paradoxically much cheaper than buying a pure data SIM.
There is no need for a landline and if it wasn’t for Netflix and BBC iPlayer on a 4K TV, a cheaper offer might be sufficient for general Wi-Fi use.
Simon Mat, Aude
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