For millions of schoolchildren and students, the holidays have officially begun. The perfect opportunity to take up residence on the coast, which still has more thanthree thousand kilometers of coastlinethroughout the country but where it is sometimes difficult to connect to the web without a Wi-Fi terminal nearby. This was without counting on a massive deployment of 5G antennas from Orange, the number one operator in France.
According to the supplier, more than six hundred seaside resorts are already covered in 4G including Lacanau, Carnac, Borgo and Saint-Malo. And now, 5G is also arriving in many cities including Antibes, Cannes, Croizic and Etretat. More thanone hundred and fifty municipalitiesare apparently concerned, with a guaranteed flow “without slowdowns” by the firm of Christel Heydemann. To check, of course.
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Areas covered
To find out which localities are now equipped with Orange's 5G network, the operator has posted an animated map online to discoverat this address. The overseas departments and communities are unfortunately not detailed there.
Orange's 5G coverage on the coast is divided into four very distinct zones. The first, atnord, has two eligible access points: Marck and Dunkerque. For the region around theSome, we find among others Binic-Étables-sur-Mer, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais, Cleder, Deauville, Dieppe, Dinard, Houlgate, Lancieux, Le Havre, Ouistreham or even Erquy and Fécamp.
Regarding the facadeAtlantic, there are tens of 5G antennas, including Ares, Anglet, Douarnenez, Hendaye, Mesquer, Loix, Ploemeur and Plouzane. Finally, to name just a few, theMediterraneancovers Arles, Agde, Ajaccio, Furiani, Nice, Narbonne, Sète, Toulon and Marseille in 5G.
Higher prices than for 4G
Orange's press release of course takes the opportunity to highlight the supplier's 5G subscriptions, which start at17.99 euros per monthfor one year then 32.99 euros per month thereafter for 140 GB of data. For comparison, Orange's 80 GB 4G plan starts at 14.99 euros per month before increasing to 29.99 euros per month thereafter. Both offers are offered without obligation.
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