free wifi in France anybody broken the code :-) (1 Viewer)

Feb 24, 2013
12,991
101,155
Bolsover, Derbyshire
Funster No
24,833
MH
Hymer S800
Exp
not long enough
upload_2018-2-8_15-22-35.png


https://wifi.free.fr/?priv=$PRIV_SUB

not sure if this link will work from the UK but for the past 2 nights we have had a free wifi option that we then cant connect to as we have no passwords

even my basic French worked out to click on the bottom box but nothing then happens, not sure if it can tell we are non residents maybe

anybody else got further than me ?

@yodeli is this a service you know about please? x
 

magicsurfbus

Free Member
Oct 11, 2010
4,673
10,127
NW England
Funster No
14,057
MH
Bessacarr Coachbuilt
Exp
Since 1997
There's an aire attached to a certain French campsite where the username and password for an hour's free Wifi relate directly to your ticket number as you go through the barrier.

So, this allows mean-spirited and unscrupulous people to work out what the previous few ticket numbers were and....

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 
Jan 28, 2008
10,104
18,259
Dovercourt, Harwich, UK
Funster No
1,353
MH
Renalt burstner
Exp
7 years campers before that
you just need to send me your name address DOB bank details card numbers and last three numbers on the card and i will send you the code
 

laneside

Funster
Deceased RIP
Aug 14, 2009
2,668
6,276
Oradour sur Vayres
Funster No
7,981
MH
Rapido V66
Exp
nowhere near long enough
It is not free wifi, it is just another supplier like Orange or SFR

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 
2

2657

Deleted User
The code is given by the accommodation/supplier/cafe etc and is paid for by them, the code will be different according to who is providing the network that you are picking up.
 

Lenny HB

LIFE MEMBER
Oct 18, 2007
52,684
147,586
On the coast in West Sussex
Funster No
658
MH
Hymer B678 DL
Exp
Since 2008 & many years tugging
There's an aire attached to a certain French campsite where the username and password for an hour's free Wifi relate directly to your ticket number as you go through the barrier.

So, this allows mean-spirited and unscrupulous people to work out what the previous few ticket numbers were and....
Been there done that.:D

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 

Lenny HB

LIFE MEMBER
Oct 18, 2007
52,684
147,586
On the coast in West Sussex
Funster No
658
MH
Hymer B678 DL
Exp
Since 2008 & many years tugging
I use Fon in France & Tourist offices, trouble with the tourist offices they nearly always turn their routers off for their 2 hour lunch break & when they go home.
 
May 8, 2010
2,060
4,347
Funster No
11,466
MH
A class
Exp
Since 2010
If you follow the link, it says the service is only accessible through a Freebox (whatever that may be)o_O
 
Oct 12, 2008
6,243
21,327
Balma (next to Toulouse) France
Funster No
4,394
MH
HymerCamp 51Capucine
Exp
Since 2011/owner since 6/03/2014
View attachment 211656

https://wifi.free.fr/?priv=$PRIV_SUB

not sure if this link will work from the UK but for the past 2 nights we have had a free wifi option that we then cant connect to as we have no passwords

even my basic French worked out to click on the bottom box but nothing then happens, not sure if it can tell we are non residents maybe

anybody else got further than me ?

@yodeli is this a service you know about please? x

Sorry no, I know nothing about it. I think it is one we get FREE in the airports. Couldn't reply quicker ... Rosie (3y1/2) was having a long bath:rolleyes:

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 

andy63

Free Member
Jan 19, 2014
4,672
15,017
south shields
Funster No
29,767
MH
None
Exp
since 1990
View attachment 211656

https://wifi.free.fr/?priv=$PRIV_SUB

not sure if this link will work from the UK but for the past 2 nights we have had a free wifi option that we then cant connect to as we have no passwords

even my basic French worked out to click on the bottom box but nothing then happens, not sure if it can tell we are non residents maybe

anybody else got further than me ?

@yodeli is this a service you know about please? x
David.. if there' free wi fi available in France I know someone who will know.. she likes free anything... :LOL:
@irnbru :whistle: :D2
 

irnbru

LIFE MEMBER
Jun 27, 2013
13,503
31,101
Glasgow
Funster No
26,684
MH
Benimar 264
Exp
11 yrs
I use fon, Is that an option?

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 
OP
OP
DavidG58
Feb 24, 2013
12,991
101,155
Bolsover, Derbyshire
Funster No
24,833
MH
Hymer S800
Exp
not long enough
I use fon, Is that an option?


thanks Sandra, we have never yet managed to connect to a fon in France

this has been made much worse by my thinking I had found a real deal, bought a sim only with 30Gb data, wont work, turns out three can tell whether its used in phone or mifi

waste of £22, but even the data only cards have really jumped in price, Bev bought a 12Gb card from 3 for £40 before we left, these used to be £22 o_O last year
 
May 8, 2010
2,060
4,347
Funster No
11,466
MH
A class
Exp
Since 2010
Don't know whether you read French, @DavidG58, but the bit you posted asks you to enter the user name and password, which you set up when you first used the service.
Under the box, it says 'If you haven't got a user name and password, click here in order to subscribe to 'free' and connect immediately.'
Sorry, if I'm telling you something which you already know. :)
 
OP
OP
DavidG58
Feb 24, 2013
12,991
101,155
Bolsover, Derbyshire
Funster No
24,833
MH
Hymer S800
Exp
not long enough
Don't know whether you read French, @DavidG58, but the bit you posted asks you to enter the user name and password, which you set up when you first used the service.
Under the box, it says 'If you haven't got a user name and password, click here in order to subscribe to 'free' and connect immediately.'
Sorry, if I'm telling you something which you already know. :)


I did get that far, but cant open the link, but it would appear this is a French network called Free, clever or confusing, I know which I think o_O

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 

irnbru

LIFE MEMBER
Jun 27, 2013
13,503
31,101
Glasgow
Funster No
26,684
MH
Benimar 264
Exp
11 yrs
Just put the data sim in your phone and use that. I need to catch up with your thread. I just know you are in France and thats all.
 
OP
OP
DavidG58
Feb 24, 2013
12,991
101,155
Bolsover, Derbyshire
Funster No
24,833
MH
Hymer S800
Exp
not long enough
Just put the data sim in your phone and use that. I need to catch up with your thread. I just know you are in France and thats all.

did that, my phone is locked to Vodafone and has defaulted to plane mode, can't believe they can really tell but too much like big brother for my liking :(
 
Oct 12, 2008
6,243
21,327
Balma (next to Toulouse) France
Funster No
4,394
MH
HymerCamp 51Capucine
Exp
Since 2011/owner since 6/03/2014
Don't know whether you read French, @DavidG58, but the bit you posted asks you to enter the user name and password, which you set up when you first used the service.
Under the box, it says 'If you haven't got a user name and password, click here in order to subscribe to 'free' and connect immediately.'
Sorry, if I'm telling you something which you already know. :)

Sure ... but then it says you have to have a ADSL box by FREE at home to be allowed to use FREEwifi. FREE is a server just like Orange nothing to do with being free of charge.;)

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 

BreweryDave

LIFE MEMBER
Aug 10, 2011
3,495
10,541
Alvor, Algarve
Funster No
17,694
MH
None now!
Exp
2011
did that, my phone is locked to Vodafone and has defaulted to plane mode, can't believe they can really tell but too much like big brother for my liking :(
You can’t use a data sim in a phone or a phone sim in a dongle, big brother is watching and knows!

However, Vodafone is the best in Europe (imho) and you can use all your uk allowance in France. Don’t panic ! There’s always MaccyD’s :p
 
Nov 11, 2013
1,959
6,893
Tewkesbury
Funster No
28,984
MH
Hymer T-SL 668
Exp
March 2014
"Free" in French actually means "Three", which apart from simply being the name of the company translates loosely to "Gotcha!". In the past people from the UK who misunderstood the translation assumed they were getting free wifi when in actual fact they had to pay three times as much as normal. Possibly.

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 
OP
OP
DavidG58
Feb 24, 2013
12,991
101,155
Bolsover, Derbyshire
Funster No
24,833
MH
Hymer S800
Exp
not long enough
@irnbru Sandra what I need to know is how to untether my phone from Vodafone

its a Nokia 520

before you all die laughing it is my old phone, I now have a much 'better' phone :LOL:
 

irnbru

LIFE MEMBER
Jun 27, 2013
13,503
31,101
Glasgow
Funster No
26,684
MH
Benimar 264
Exp
11 yrs
Do you mean unlock it? Take it into a Vodaphone store and they should be able to provide you with unlock code if its out of contract. ...Or you can order an unlock code online for about £10

If you are staying put somewhere I can send you out an old phone I use when Im away.I can get it back when we meet up in summer.
 
OP
OP
DavidG58
Feb 24, 2013
12,991
101,155
Bolsover, Derbyshire
Funster No
24,833
MH
Hymer S800
Exp
not long enough
thank you Sandra, not stopping still, but will be joined by friend in Nice I will get them to bring one out

can you then make that phone a hot spot?

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 

irnbru

LIFE MEMBER
Jun 27, 2013
13,503
31,101
Glasgow
Funster No
26,684
MH
Benimar 264
Exp
11 yrs
If I remember correctly it depends on your plan.
 

DBK

LIFE MEMBER
Jan 9, 2013
17,968
47,804
Plympton, Devon
Funster No
24,219
MH
PVC, Murvi Morocco
Exp
2013
thank you Sandra, not stopping still, but will be joined by friend in Nice I will get them to bring one out

can you then make that phone a hot spot?
It will say so somewhere in the settings. :)
 

Allanm

Free Member
Jun 30, 2013
5,431
9,191
Cotes d'armor, France
Funster No
26,730
MH
Burstner Harmony TI 736 G
Exp
Since 1987
I did get that far, but cant open the link, but it would appear this is a French network called Free, clever or confusing, I know which I think o_O
Neither, if it was really free it would be called gratuit.
Remember, in France, they sometimes use different words to us, and when they use the same words, it usually means something else....

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 

Join us or log in to post a reply.

To join in you must be a member of MotorhomeFun

Join MotorhomeFun

Join us, it quick and easy!

Log in

Already a member? Log in here.

Latest journal entries

Funsters who are viewing this thread

Back
Top