Internet access providers

These arcep figures give several useful information to take into account when choosing its internet service provider. Thus concerning ADSL offers, only the SFR supplier presents a rate of breakdowns in the first month of less than 10%and therefore does much better than Free (15%), Bouygues (16%) and Orange (18%). Conversely, Orange is the most reliable supplier in the first month for fiber optic offers. If after this first month, these dynamics are generally confirmed, it may be important to pay attention to the failure of the fiber optic offers from Bouygues from the second month to choose your Internet access provider with full knowledge of the facts. The latest graph usefully complete the information provided by the first two: if SFR was one of the most reliable suppliers (first on the ADSL and second on optical fiber, all periods combined) it is by far the least reactive in the event breakdown. None of the Bouygues, Orange and Free experience repair deadlines for a signaled breakdown greater than 5 days, while SFR is rather around ten days and varies more or less depending on the offers.

Internet offer comparator: the best boxes in September 2023

Livebox, Freebox, SFR Box or Bbox: easily compare offers by price, technology and services. Discover our selection of the best boxes and our buying guide to make the right choice.

There are constantly more than a hundred offers on the Internet box market. There is therefore necessarily one that is made for you. Only, it should still be found. And the choice is more difficult than it seems.

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• Satellite

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1. Our selection of the best boxes of the moment
2. What are the prinicpaux access providers in France ?
3. Optical fiber, ADSL or 4G box: which technology to choose ?
4. Box with or without commitment: it is you who decide !
5. These services that make all the difference
6. How much does an internet subscription cost and why so many price differences between offers ?
7. How to change access provider ?
8. Internet box news
9. Files on Internet Access providers
10. The main thing to know which box to choose

Our selection of the best boxes of the moment

Internet offers see their price vary over the weeks and months. An internet package that will be among the best at an instant T can very well, the next week, disappear in favor of another offer. This is why it is important to regularly monitor our selection of the best internet boxes. Our experts indeed carry out Daily watch on all Internet subscriptions and just select the best good deals.

The Bbox made for its price

The essentials for a good connection

• 400 Mb/s fiber
• Calls to fixed
• Wi-Fi 5

for 12 months, then € 31.99.

The essentials for a good connection

• 400 Mb/s fiber
• Calls to fixed
• Wi-Fi 5

for 12 months, then € 31.99.

The Bbox Fit is the cheapest of all internet offers on the market. With its price of only € 18.99/month For a year then € 31.99, it is permanently on the podium of the cheap boxes, despite the promotions made by the other operators.

In addition to delivering a fiber flow up to 400 Mb/s for download as in sending files, the Bbox Fit allows you to call on fixes in France, in the French overseas departments and towards more than 110 countries. Please note, this is an internet box without TV. This is not a concern if, like more and more people, you have a multimedia player (Chromecast, Apple TV. ), with a connected TV or if you no longer watch television !

The advantages of the Bbox Fit:

• Just essential at low prices
• The possibility of having a discount on your Bouygues mobile plan

The Freebox Pop for its Wi-Fi 6 and its Android TV decoder

Canal+ offered 6 months

• Fiber 5 Gb/s
• 182 TV channels
• Fixed and mobile calls
• Without engagement
• Wi-Fi 6

for 12 months, then € 39.99.

Canal+ offered 6 months

• Fiber 5 Gb/s
• 182 TV channels
• Fixed and mobile calls
• Without engagement
• Wi-Fi 6

for 12 months, then € 39.99.

With its price of € 29.99/month for a year (then € 39.99/month), the Freebox Pop offer is undoubtedly the best fiber optic box. Unlike most mid -range fiber offers, it delivers a rate of 5 Gb/s shared. But, compared to all other offers in its category, it has an advantage: the Wi-Fi 6.

Indeed, with the Freebox Pop, the subscribers take advantage of a more efficient equipment with the latest Wi-Fi standard. Wi-Fi 6 allows a 40 % speed increase compared to Wi-Fi 5, offer Better wi-fi coverage and allows several devices to be connected simultaneously without consequences on the quality of the connection.

Three advantages that perfectly respond to the new concerns of Internet users. The Freebox Pop also includes a Wi-Fi repeater without additional cost. A good way to extend the coverage of your wireless network without paying one more euro.

The advantages of the Freebox Pop:

• Canal+, Canal+ Series and Amazon Prime Video offered for several months
• The possibilities of the Android TV decoder (Applications. ))
• The Free 5G mobile package at € 9.99 (instead of € 19.99)
• The contract does not provide for a minimum of engagement

The SFR Box Premium for the best internet speed

A Wi-Fi repeater included

• Fiber 8 Gb/s
• TV channels
• Fixed and mobile calls
• Wi-Fi 6

For 12 months, then € 46.99.

A Wi-Fi repeater included

• Fiber 8 Gb/s
• TV channels
• Fixed and mobile calls
• Wi-Fi 6

For 12 months, then € 46.99.

The title of “fastest box in France” has long been awarded to the Freebox Delta. But since February 2022, SFR has managed to dethrone Free thanks to its premium SFR offer which has exploited the most recent fiber technology (XGS-PON network).

With A speed of 8 GB/s for download and 1 GB/s in transfer (Upload), The SFR Premium box guarantees an ultra high speed connection. Speed, fluidity, performance are there. Just like the services since this subscription also includes A Wi-Fi 6 repeater , and a pocket 4G box with 30 mobile internet giga to use each month.

The advantages of the SFR Power box:

• Its promotion to test Netflix or Amazon Prime Video for 9 months for free
• Its Wi-Fi 6 compatible modem and its rehearsal included
• Its practical pocket box in case of breakdown or to use the internet everywhere

The Red by SFR box for its freedom of commitment

• Fiber 500 Mb/s
• Fixed and mobile calls
• Without engagement
• Wi-Fi 5

For 12 months, then € 29.99.

• Fiber 500 Mb/s
• Fixed and mobile calls
• Without engagement
• Wi-Fi 5

For 12 months, then € 29.99.

The best internet box without obligation is undoubtedly the Red Box of Red by SFR. And this, in more ways than one. First of all, the Red Internet box is the non -binding offer that costs the cheapest over two years (€ 19.99/month for one year, then € 29.99/month, in fiber and € 19.99/month in ADSL). The Red Box includes only an Internet connection with ADSL or fiber up to 500 Mb/s, unlimited calls to fixed and mobiles, and television but only streaming with the Red TV app (35 channels )).

If the Red Box is the best internet offer in its category, it is also because it is modular. The Red Box indeed offers Several options to boost its offer : the Wi-Fi 6 option with the flow rate up to 1 GB/S (+€ 7/month), the possibility of having a Google TV decoder (+€ 3/month) or having access to 100 channels TV instead of 35 (+€ 2/month).

The advantages of the Red Box:

• its affordable price the first year
• The first month of subscription offered
• Wi-Fi 6 and the optional TV decoder

Livebox for the quality of the Orange network

• Fiber 500 Mb/s
• 140 TV channels
• Calls to fixed
• Wi-Fi 5

for 12 months, then € 42.99.

• Fiber 500 Mb/s
• 140 TV channels
• Calls to fixed
• Wi-Fi 5

for 12 months, then € 42.99.

Orange Internet boxes are among the most complete in terms of flow (amount, descendant and latency). Orange is renowned for the quality of its network and its customer service. Orange livebox is therefore an ideal solution for those who want a reliable and stable internet connection.

Orange is also theoperator offering the best score of consumers vis-à-vis their operator According to the latest ARCEP customer satisfaction observatory (May 2022). A very appreciable criterion in the event of a breakdown, problem on its line or when you want to change your internet offer at Orange.

With Livebox, you access basic services (500 Mb/s fiber, unlimited telephony to fixes and 140 TV channels) at a content rate the first year.

The advantages of Livebox:

• Its price the first year
• The Ultra HD 4K TV decoder
• The additional monthly discount of € 2 with an Orange mobile plan

The Freebox Delta for all services included

Netflix and Video Prime included

• Fiber 8 Gb/s
• 230 TV channels
• Fixed and mobile calls
• Without engagement
• Wi-Fi 6th

for 12 months, then € 49.99.

Netflix and Video Prime included

• Fiber 8 Gb/s
• 230 TV channels
• Fixed and mobile calls
• Without engagement
• Wi-Fi 6th

for 12 months, then € 49.99.

Although the Freebox Delta is the most expensive Internet package in Free, this is the most complete subscription on the market. It is the fiber connection, telephony, television or even equipment with a 6th Wi-Fi compatible freebox, free has concentrated what is best to offer an ultra full family box.

• Canal by Free, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video included
• The possibility of renting the Apple TV decoder in place of the POP PLOYER
• The unlimited nuusmric press (Cafeyn)
• Optional home automation services (connected safety / house pack)

What are the prinicpaux access providers in France ?

6 major brands

Orange (and its Sosh brand), Free, Bouygues Telecom as well as SFR (and its RED brand) concentrate more than 95% of the Internet box market. It is therefore very likely that your internet package is a livebox, a freebox, an SFR box or a Bbox. Each operator offers a range of internet boxes whose price varies according to the connection of the connection, the services included and the promotions.

Other operators are also present but more confidentially. Some like OVH Telecom focus on Internet offers for professionals. Others like Ozone, K-Net or Valis do not offer their Internet subscriptions throughout the territory. Finally, some ISPs like Nordnet, Starlink and NRJ Mobile are positioned on niche markets such as satellite internet or 4G box offers which are a good alternative to adsl boxes whose flow is too slow.

Before subscribing an internet box, it is essential to do an eligibility test. This tool will allow you to know which fiber optic, ADSL, or 4G box subscriptions that operators offer at your address.

Optical fiber, ADSL or 4G box: which technology to choose ?

Optical fiber to enjoy very high speed internet

With national coverage exceeding 80%, France is one of the best covered in fiber optics in Europe and in the world. Patiently since 2012, the operators have deployed their fiber networks on the street by rue, city by city and a large part of French people can now benefit from an ultra fast internet conenxion, which they live in town or in the countryside.

What are the advantages of optical fiber:

• Fiber flow rates are between 300 Mb/s and 8 Gb/s for download and between 300 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s in sending. An unbearable speed with the ADSL.
• Fiber allows you to watch TV and ultra high quality videos (UHD 4K).
• Fiber is now compulsory when your home is eligible because the ADSL network will be gradually closed in a few years.

Now exceeded by optical fiber, ADSL is broadband Internet via the copper telephone network. Subject to technical eligibility constraints, the flow is very dependent on the distance between your home from the telephone center. The speed varies from 1 to 90 Mb/s in the best of cases in VDSL2. By 2026/2028, all ADSL homes will be eligible for fiber in theory.

To fill the areas where neither ADSL nor optical fiber are available (or with a flow rate of less than 8 Mb/s), access providers have the obligation to offer a 4G box that uses the mobile network to provide an Internet connection. You have a home box that connects to the 4G antenna closest to your home.

The satellite Internet is a good alternative for those who are far from the ADSL and Fiber networks, or who have a poor quality connection. The new satellite offers from Nordnet and Starlink offer high flows greater than 50 or even 100 MB/s. Note that this type of box requires the installation of a parable and that prices are often more expensive.

Box with or without commitment: it is you who decide !

Most of the subscriptions currently marketed by Orange, Free, SFR and Bouygues Telecom are linked to a one -year commitment period. This is for example the case of Livebox, SFR Box, Bbox or even Freebox Revolution in particular. During this contractual period, it is better to avoid terminating the contract under penalty of paying substantial termination penalties since the law provides for the invoicing of the remaining monthly payments due to the term of the initial period of the contract !

On the other hand, if the 12 -month commitment puts you off, know that certain ADSL or Fiber packages benefit from total freedom of commitment. There are not many and are counted on the fingers of one hand:

• The Red by SFR box
• The Sosh box
• The Freebox Pop
• The Freebox Delta

Note that the 4G boxes that use the mobile network are also generally free to engage.

These services that make all the difference

Choosing your Internet box can be influenced by several settings: Wi-Fi technology, equipment, customer service quality. Each person has their preferences. Here are three criteria that can be decisive when looking for your internet box.

Wi-Fi

Wi-fi is the freedom to connect wherever you are in your accommodation. The drawback is that the connection is less rapid and less reliable than with an ethernet cable. Hence the importance of having a good Wi-Fi network. A point on which internet subscribers are more and more vigilant. For the simple reason that they connect to the internet more often in Wi-Fi than using an Ethernet cable. Operators have understood this and, for a few years, they have their Internet offer develop to allow their customers to have better coverage in Wi-Fi.

Today, with all premium Internet boxes, it is possible to have one or more Wi-Fi repeaters, to extend the coverage of its Wi-Fi network. But, that’s not all, operators are also upmarket in terms of equipment, with modems that are compatible with the latest Wi-Fi standards, again on the most high-end subscriptions. Indeed, some operators offer box offers compatible with Wi-Fi 6, which allows you to increase its 40% Wi-Fi flow rate and manage a larger number of connected devices at the same time without slowing performance, Or even with the 6th Wi-Fi, which with the addition of a new frequency band, is even faster and efficient.

TV bouquet and video streaming platforms

All “triple play” internet offers, that is to say with a TV decoder included, include a basic TV bouquet including generally hundred chains (including many local and international channels elsewhere). But, some boxes automatically offer a richer and more diverse TV bouquet with “premium” channels. This is for example the case with the SFR Power box (and its family bouquet included) or with the Freebox Revolution (and the channels Canal by Free).

Note that operators also value their packages by sometimes integrating one or more subscriptions into streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+ or Amazon Prime Video. Be careful however, these services are not always included indefinitely: these are sometimes valid temporary promotions for 6 to 12 months.

An emergency internet connection

More and more Internet users no longer support the idea of ​​being disconnected from the Internet for a few hours or a few days. To meet their need for connectivity, some access providers offer 4G boxes in addition to their internet box. The principle: in the event of a breakdown of the ADSL or fiber network (or the time that the line is activated), you benefit from an internet connection using the 4G network of your operator.

Concretely, we find these side 4G connections in the BBOX Ultym offers from Bouygues Telecom (mini box 50 GB), SFR premium (30 GB), and Livebox Max from Orange (Airbox 20 GB). On the free side, this type of service is reserved for Freebox subscribers in a breakdown situation and which benefit from a 4G rescue key provided by a free proximity technician.

Unlimited telephone calls

All Internet subscriptions include a telephone line with at least calls included to fixed phones in France and internationally. Via a fixed phone connected to the box, you benefit from “free” communications without paying the calls per minute. The medium range internet offers also include calls to mobiles in France but the true that the generalization of unlimited mobile plans makes this type of service less attractive.

Regarding “unlimited” calls to international destinations, it is advisable to be cautious about the countries concerned. If Orange, SFR, Free and Bouygues Telecom include the countries of the European Union and a few large countries such as the United States and China for example, they do not all have the same list of countries included. It is therefore better to check rather than being billed outside the package !

How much does an internet subscription cost and why so many price differences between offers ?

The price of an internet subscription varies according to several criteria, including the operator, the services included but also the applicable promotions and the technology used. In general, an internet box costs between 20 and 50 euros per month. According to the price barometer established each month by Ariase, the average price of an entry -level fiber box is 30 €. The factors that influence the price of an internet offer:

Services

There are generally 3 offers from access providers: an entry -level offer, a heart of the range and a premium package. The differences: a more or less fast flow, a TV bouquet with more or less channels, a WiFi 5 or WiFi 6 modem and more complete services at the top of the range (Wi-Fi repeater, Pocket 4G box, streaming included. )).

The promotions

Few internet boxes with a fixed rate that does not change after 12 months for example ! Access providers like to attract their new customers with a welcome discount of around 10 to 15 € per month during the first 12 months of subscription.

Technology

The price of subscriptions often varies according to the mode of connection of the Internet box. At Orange and Bouygues Telecom, fiber offers are slightly more expensive than ADSL offers. 4G box type subscriptions and those based on satellite internet are also more expensive.

Commissioning costs

The amount of commissioning fees is not to be overlooked because if it is not very visible at the time of subscription, it will indeed be debited on the first invoice ! Count 49 € at SFR and Free, € 48 at Bouygues Telecom, € 39 at Red and nothing at all at Orange/Sosh (or 40 € if you take a TV decoder).

How to change access provider ?

Changing Internet boxes has many advantages. This first allows save money by taking advantage of promotional offers. This is also an opportunity to change technology, from ADSL to fiber, or even benefit from additional services, such as a subscription to a streaming video platform.

Some Internet users can sometimes be reluctant when you have to change the internet operator. Too often synonymous with cost and complexity, the change of operator is today very simple thanks to portability. It allows you to keep your phone number and automatically terminate your internet package when subscribing to a new ADSL or Fiber subscription. A simple and easy way to change the internet offer.

Precision nevertheless: if you are still incurred at the time of termination you will have to pay fees. But, again, it’s not so much a problem. Because, often, to attract new customers, operators take care of all or part of the termination costs (up to € 150).

Internet box news

Multi-TV is good, but it’s even better when it is offered ! This is precisely the case with the internet boxes of this operator.

At this operator, two internet boxes allow you to have a free canal subscription+
The right SFR plan of the moment: Subscribe an internet box and buy a Smart TV from € 29

A “must have”: discover all the advantages to have the new 4K HDR TV decoder by Bouygues Telecom.

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The main thing to know which box to choose

Which box to choose in 2023 ?

In 2023, there are several dozen internet boxes. Entry -level, mid -range or premium offer, you are spoiled for choice ! Establish a list of important criteria for you and regularly monitor operators’ promotions.

What is the best internet quality/price supplier ?

If we take into account the average prices of internet boxes on the market, the operator who offers boxes with the best value for money is Bouygues Telecom.

What is the most efficient box ?

If we talk about performance in terms of flow, then the most powerful boxes are the Freebox Delta and the SFR Premium up to 8 Gb/s, the Freebox Pop up to 5 Gb/s, and finally the Bbox Ultym and the max Livebox up to 2 Gb/s.

Internet access providers

Alsatis is an alternative supplier of telecom solutions and internet access founded in 2004 in Toulouse. He has been detained since 2016 by Nordnet since 2016. It is known to cover the white and gray areas that have little or no internet access. For this Alsatis provides satellite internet access using radio waves, such as WiFi and Wimax.

Bouygues Telecom is one of the historic operators of the Telecom network in France. It offers many offers for both mobile and internet access via ADSL or fiber. B & You offers as well as sensation are spearheads of the Bouygues Telecom telephony offer. Internet access is available according to multiple packages that allow you to adapt to the needs of each.

Coriolis Telecom is founded in 1989. This MVNO has established partnerships with SFR, Bouygues Télécom and Orange and offers mobile plans and Internet access offers with fiber or ADSL. The operator is notably very present among professionals with the provision of services such as the management of multi-operator fleets or dedicated invoicing.

Free is one of the 4 operators with its own antennas network. Free has always been the troublemaker of internet access and mobile telephony by offering more services for cheaper. Free has established itself today as a safe bet thanks to effective packages and internet access offering today ADSL and fiber.

K-Net is an internet service provider in fiber optic called “proximity” launched in 2009, with the disappearance of Kwao.com. K-Net offers triple play (internet + fixed + TV) and quadruple play offers (triple play + mobile). It is present in 24 departments of Metropolitan France and undertakes to offer reliable and quality internet access, with efficient customer service.

Kiwi is an internet access operator that allows you to access it through fiber. The operator Kiwi Telecom offers many options and services in its packages in order to be as close as possible to the needs of its customers. Telephony offers allow you to make a phone call both in France and abroad.

Nordnet is an operator who specializes in pure internet access those who cannot be connected by ADSL. Thus, the operator offers fiber plans, but also more confidential solutions such as the Internet by radio or satellite waves. The packages have multiple variations to allow access really adapted to your needs.

Nrjmobile is a MVNO, that is to say an operator who does not have his own mobile telephone network. It still offers an internet solution, the NRJ mobile 4G box, which uses the 4G network in order to offer internet access to people who are not eligible for fiber or who benefit from too slow connections. The only condition required to equip it: benefit from good 4G coverage. Among operators offering this type of subscription, NRJ Mobile offers the cheapest price on the market.

Numerisat is a telephone operator who offers alternative solutions for Internet access such as satellite. The company also offers many offers adapted to companies, in particular with internet access facilities for events or multi -support access to secure your data and ensure a permanent connection. The company also offers some classic mobile packages.

The Orange operator is the first French operator in number of subscribers, since it is formerly France Telecom. The operator offers a very wide range of offers for all needs and all budgets both in the field of mobile telephony and in internet access, especially by fiber. Orange also offers low-cost packages for simplified access.

Red by SFR is the brand under which SFR markets its many access packages for mobile and internet telephony. The customer is offered a wide choice of non -binding packages, covered by 4G. Options allow you to personalize your package in addition to being able to choose your amount of data. It is also possible to personalize your box offer.

SFR is one of the four historic operators in France to have its own network of antennas for mobile telephony. This allows SFR to offer a wide range of packages for telephony or Internet access. With or without mobile, with or without commitment, at various price levels depending on the characteristics, there is something for all needs.

Skydsl was one of the first ISPs, an internet service provider, to offer satellite as a connection. You no longer need to be connected to an unlikely telephone network since everything goes through the satellite at a speed close to fiber. Many options allow you to choose the package most suited to your need.

Sosh is the Low-Cost brand of Orange for access to mobile telephony. The operator offers packages with or without mobile and with or without commitment as well as Internet access. The packages are reduced to the various conventional options to offer effective and affordable access for the greatest number, while enjoying the quality of the Orange network.

What is an internet service provider ?

A Internet service provider (Fai), sometimes simply called the Internet supplier, is an organization providing an internet connection: it may be aboutbusiness (in the majority of cases) orassociation. We then talk about Faic (Commercial internet service provider) or Put on (Associative internet service provider).

FAI Main vs alternative

The main Internet access providers are Hobby : Orange, Free, SFR and Bouygues. Alternative FAIs are associative operators which generally offer Free connections, Like the ICAUNAISE COOPERATIVE DIAUTION SOCIAL (SCANI) in the Yonne or in a more global manner the Federation of Associative Internet Access Suppliers (FFDN). These organizations provide connection through technologies ADSL/VDSL, there Fiber optical.

What differences between ADSL and fiber optic technologies ?

ADSL and optical fiber are both wired Internet access technologies.

ADSL (Asymetric Digital Subscriber Line, that one can translate “asymmetrical digital subscriber line”) corresponds to the Internet routing technology through Copper wire of the telephone network. The speed of data transfer, depending in particular on the distance with the point of telephone connection, can therefore naturally vary from one home to another. Today, ADSL is present throughout French territory and offers a Flow rate up to 15 mbits/s.

There Optical fiber is the other wired alternative but passes through a very End of glass or plastic wire and is based on an independent network, unlike ADSL. As part of the very high speed France plan, it should be deployed throughout the territory by 2022 and has many advantages. Especially among them, more stable and simultaneous connections as well as better image quality and up to 2 gbits/s shared with flow.

The differences between FAI

To be able to choose the supplier that suits you, it is necessary to have in mind the different criteria which make it possible to discriminate the offers. We find first of all these characteristics the cover And bandwidth which corresponds for the first term to the territories in which the suppliers are present and for the second term total flow propose divided by the number of subscribers. A supplier with a lower flow can therefore offer a connection whose bandwidth is better if the competitor to the larger speed provides too many subscribers.

Bad coverage, white area: what to do ?

THE white areas are defined by the arcep (regulatory authority for electronic communications and posts) as being areas where no operator has deployed its Internet access network. This generally corresponds to the parts of French territory which are the least densely populated: for example, rural areas or mountain. Generally, Internet access providers (ISP) have not yet deployed their network in these areas because the latter are not profitable enough. Internet white areas today cover approximately 0.3% of the territory.

However, being in a white area is not definitive: the deployment technology of optical fiber being different from the ADSL, you should have the possibility of subscribing to a fiber optic offer in a few years at the latest in the framework of Very high speed France plan state.

By then, Several alternatives are available to you if you are in a white area. First, the Satellite Internet subscriptions which make it possible to reach theoretical flows more or less similar to an ADSL connection, or even in certain higher cases. The most competitive suppliers are Bigblu, Nordnet, Skydsl or Numerisat.

Even more rarer but still in place in certain departments, the Internet subscriptions by Wimax Allow internet access by radio airwaves.

Finally, an increasingly widespread and appreciated alternative consists in the subscription of a 4G box or hotspot subscription. If they need to be only in an internet white area and not mobile, they have the advantage of offering a very high speed connection. The subscription prices vary and can operate on a daily or monthly rate, and are offered in particular by Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom, Free and NRJ Mobile.

It is good to know that if you are in a white area, the state brings you a Financial aid of € 100 up to € 600. These subsidies make it possible to cover the reimbursement of the installation costs of the equipment necessary to benefit from a good internet connection.

How to know your cover ?

The Arcep site offers you an interactive and regularly updated card inquiring about the technologies, operators and flows available at your address. Otherwise, each operator site offers eligibility tests for their own product.

Then we find the price And the amount. If some ISP are free, The price of others depends on the selected subscriptions. In terms of access, if Unlimited is generalized Some HOPs continue to offer connections whose time is restricted. Finally, the quality of customer service and ancillary or optional services can make it possible to decide between two offers.

The team to choose.com has selected the main FAI reference offers to allow the most affordable offers to be synthetic and the most high -end for each supplier.

Table of the main offers of the Internet access provider: Orange

Box/Criteria	Price	Flows	Commitment	Benefits
Fiber Livebox	€ 24.99/month for 12 months then € 41.99/month	400Mbit/s descending and amount	12 months	140 channels included, Unlimited calls to fixed
Livebox Up Fiber	€ 29.99/month for 12 months then € 49.99/month	2gbit/s descending and 600Mbit/s Amount	12 months	140 channels included, unlimited calls towards the fixed and mobiles of France, DOM, Europe, USA and Canada

Table made on the basis of online offers in August 2021

Table of the main offers of the Internet access provider: SFR

These arcep figures give several useful information to take into account when choosing its internet service provider. Thus concerning ADSL offers, only the SFR supplier presents a rate of breakdowns in the first month of less than 10%and therefore does much better than Free (15%), Bouygues (16%) and Orange (18%). Conversely, Orange is the most reliable supplier in the first month for fiber optic offers. If after this first month, these dynamics are generally confirmed, it may be important to pay attention to the failure of the fiber optic offers from Bouygues from the second month to choose your Internet access provider with full knowledge of the facts. The latest graph usefully complete the information provided by the first two: if SFR was one of the most reliable suppliers (first on the ADSL and second on optical fiber, all periods combined) it is by far the least reactive in the event breakdown. None of the Bouygues, Orange and Free experience repair deadlines for a signaled breakdown greater than 5 days, while SFR is rather around ten days and varies more or less depending on the offers.

In general, it is therefore the services of free and orange suppliers that seem the most complete. Additional information therefore, communicated by ARCEP, and which must undoubtedly take into account when choosing an Internet service provider.

Where we are in the history of FAI ?

What are the main developments that this sector has known, and in what changes has already been launched ? These are the questions we try to answer to help you locate yourself in transformations Internet access providers.

Opening to Historical Competition and FAI

It was by law n ° 96-659 of telecommunications regulation of July 26, 1996 that was open to competition The French telecom market. THE Public monopoly of France Telecom therefore disappears in the late 1990s. Appear at first SFR And Bouygues, While France Telecom has become Orange.

It is the opening of a fourth mobile license attributed to Free by the regulatory authority for electronic communications (ARCEP), former art, which led to a real reorganization of the telecom market, the latter becoming much more competitive and so competitive.

The arrival of Free on the Internet Access Provider Market

Founded in 1999 by Xavier Niel, the company Free is one of the first ISPs to market an offer without subscription, without advertising or surcharged consumption. It was in 2002 that the first Freebox and its ADSL package appeared: already, Free breaks prices with unlimited access for € 29.99/month when the competition was around € 45/month. If the development of wired technology offers is talked about from time to time, it is the two mobile offers that appeared in January 2012 that are renowned for free.

Syntheticly, the summary table below classifies current operators according to their year of appearance on the market.

Table of operators still active and their year of appearance on the market/creation

FDN (Associative IF)	1992
Orange (Wanadoo Orange)	1996
NERIM (VSE, SMEs and ETI)	1999
Free	1999
Bouygues Telecom	2008
SFR	2008

Following theArrival of Free On the market, historic operators have sought to reinvent themselves, and continue to do so, through low-cost offers. Orange has thus developed Sosh and SFR launched Red. Depending on the model introduced by Free on the market, these new low-cost offers are generally without engagement and only offer Reduced customer and optional services to pull them bottom price.

The team to choose.com has selected the flagship offers of these new low-cost operators and ordered them to make the comparison between them as obvious as possible, and choose your internet service provider.

Table of the main offers of low-cost operators of Internet access providers

Fai	Internet ASSEAU	Fiber flow	Fiber price	ADSL flow	ADSL Prize
Free	Free	8 Gbit/s Download and 700 Mbit/s by climbing	€ 39.99/month for 12 months then € 49.99/month	Unspecified	€ 19.99/month for 12 months then € 44.99/month
Sosh	Orange	300 Mbit/s Download and sending	€ 19.99/month for 12 months then € 29.99/month	Unspecified	€ 19.99/month
Red by SFR	SFR	2 Gbit/s Download and 300 Mbit/s in sending	€ 29.99/month	20 Mbit/s Download and 1 Mbit/S sending	16 €/month

Table made on the basis of online offers in August 2021

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With the deployment of fiber, understanding the exploitation of new technologies and internet networks can be complicated. In short, optical fiber is a new recent technology that allows access to the Internet, thanks to very fine wires – the thickness of a hair – in glass or plastic, surrounded by a protective sheath, which lead the light. The reflection of the heart (the fine thread) but also that of the sheath makes it possible to reflect light and therefore to drive it on hundreds or thousands of kilometers. Around the sheath, additional protection is the cable. Thanks to this new technology, flows are greatly increased. However, the change in routing technologies and the abandonment of the ADSL telephone copper wires requires the implementation of a new independent network.

Not all suppliers opt for the same strategy in the face of its constraints. For example, Orange uses its own historic adsl connection node (approximately 1 optical connection node for 4 ADSL connection nodes) to exploit the majority of optical connection nodes of France and SFR deploys its own optical connection nodes. Free adopts a deployment strategy that could be described as hybrid: by deploying its own optical connection nodes (in very dense areas) or using orange locations by having trade agreements (in the rest of France). Bouygues Télécom rents SFR optical connection nodes in very dense areas, as Free does with Orange in the rest of France.

To find out more about the deployment of optical fiber, its advances and its actors, we recommend our article on this subject.

Quadruple play offers

For a long time, Internet subscriptions alone were the main offer of Internet access providers (ISP). Other contracts were therefore necessary for fixed telephony as for television. In the United States in the mid-1990s appeared unique contract offers including internet access, fixed telephony, television and even later mobile packages for mobile phones for subscribers thus similar to linked sale. This commercial innovation is at the origin of the Triple Play and Quadruple Play expressions, which arrived in Europe in the early 2000s.

It is Free which is the first French FAI to offer this offer: in 2003, the operator completed its offer Reference Reference Unlimited access to the Internet by ADSL at € 29.99/month by fixed telephony by IP, then by television by Internet in stride. From 2014 and under the leadership of Bouygues Telecom appear triple play offers below 20 €.

Since then, the offers have continued to develop and diversify: Dual Play (the reappearance of internet and telephony offers only), Quadruple Play (the addition of mobile telephony), Multi Play, etc. Recently, it was the on -demand video services that have further renewed the FAI offers. Thus, it is no longer rare to access Canal Plus, Netflix, OCS or Amazon prevails directly from its television, or even buttons in the order are dedicated to it.

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