Which Orange are you blocked on?

I personally found Meteor in Ireland (previously owned by Orange) to be far more liberal with blocks on an unregistered mobile internet connection than other providers.

Also, Orange UK have a much stricter block list to enforce than, for example, Orange FR.

Do you mean EE, or are you speaking from memories that are from a while ago?

Orange UK disappeared over a decade ago (merged with T-Mobile to become EE in 2010, then they stopped using the Orange brand in the UK in 2015).

Orange FR.