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From: CJB on 22 Apr 2010 08:47
On Apr 22, 9:49 am, Thomas Kenyon <t...(a)art-it-services.co.uk> wrote:
> CJB wrote:
> > On my Acer netbook whenever I plug the 3 dongle in I get a window
> > asking if I want to install the s/w. This morning it asked twice in
> > succession, AND then asked a 3rd time when I started browsing with IE.
> > Some improvements!! CJB.
>
> Wouldn't that be more likely be the dongle?
>
> ATM. here (Southampton) there is no web access, but I can still use
> other internet services such as ssh.

Usually the dongle only asks once. Now it has started to ask 2 or even
3 times. This never happens on my laptop running XP.

And right now at 13.45 on 22/4/2010 in Central London Three Internet
is *still* flakey. Its slow to connect, with frequent disconnects, and
browsing is slow with freq. timeouts - and they call it an improved
network!! Jeeze .... CJB
From: Jon on 23 Apr 2010 15:55
In article <hqnnr2$n16$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, gfourwwk(a)tesco.net
says...
> Ahhh... if i go into my3 i get:
> https://my3.three.co.uk/BlockMy3UK.html
>
> Which says:
>
> Sorry.
> My3 isn't available at the moment because we're making improvements
> to the service.
> You won't be able to access it on your PC but it'll be back up
> and running soon. Please try again later...
> -------------------
>
> So they are working on it

Not going to start slating the ownership and general technical
management of the network then Steve? As everyone knows you are an
expert on such matters, especially when it comes to Orange.

If it was Orange suffering a bit of a glitch I'm sure you'd be into your
fourth, possibly fifth paragraph about how you could do it better, and
if only they hadn't got rid of everyday 50 and line 2 and free 0800 data
etc etc.

How many more incidents suffered by the 3 network will it take for you
to "turn" on them I wonder?
--
Regards
Jon
From: David Carlson on 22 Apr 2010 17:58
CJB wrote in uk.telecom.mobile
>
> Three - with its brand new improved network - has largely been up (but
> slow) or down most of this afternoon and evening in London. The only
> indication is a cryptic note on the dashboard, and the fact that no
> Internet pages can be browsed. CJB.

Same with me yesterday evening as well (Edinburgh), and continuing to
this morning (Thursday) as well, when I couldn't even access "Planet 3"
either, let alone the wider internet. Internet access was back by this
evening, but it left me unimpressed.

Internet outages seem to be a relatively common (well, by my standards)
occurrence with Three (often offline for at least several hours every
few months, although to be fair, it's been a while since the last
time).

I'm recently out of contract and am giving some thought to switching
networks, what's the reliability of internet connectivity like on the
other networks? (Rock-solid GPRS would be good enough for me, it's
_reliability_ for light web usage that I need, not speed as such.)

Internet outages notwithstanding, I'm _fairly_ happy with Three's
service, although the "special 6 month contract" that the shop staff
sold me ("Oh, don't worry that the paperwork says 18 months, that's
just standard, it'll get sorted out") mysteriously became "No, it's not"
by the time it came to arguing with Three's call centre later (I
couldn't be bothered with the pain of trying to take it further as I'd
gone into the shop prepared for an 18 month contract in any case, but
the underhand sales technique still rankles..). And I don't think
anybody else does free (or from inclusive minutes) voicemail these days,
do they?


David.


From: Roger Mills on 23 Apr 2010 05:10
In an earlier contribution to this discussion, David Carlson
<david(a)055952023-003189766.bogus.domain.dom.invalid> wrote:
> CJB wrote in uk.telecom.mobile
>>
< And I don't think
> anybody else does free (or from inclusive minutes) voicemail these
> days, do they?
>
>
> David.

Maybe not for new starters, buyt I still get free volicemail on my Orange
OVP Virgin phone.
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Roger
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From: Steve Terry on 23 Apr 2010 07:49
"David Carlson" <david(a)055952023-003189766.bogus.domain.dom.invalid> wrote
in message news:8dt6a7-465.ln1(a)pepper.local.lan...
> CJB wrote in uk.telecom.mobile
<snip>
>And I don't think anybody else does free (or from inclusive minutes)
> voicemail these days, do they?
> David.
>
>
My LycaMobile (old type on Orange) doesn't seem to charge for voicemail
and they are still available from eBay dealers. (some with 50p credit inc)
Go for them as they are certainly Orange network ones.
But LycaMobile won't credit the 2quid registration bonus on them anymore.

Don't know if the new LycaMoble Plus O2 network ones have free
voicemail but I'd be surprised if they did.

Another advantage with LycaMobile on Orange is that Voicemail
is active as default

old tariff at:
http://www.lycamobile.co.uk/rates.aspx?tariff=stdlyca&lang=EN


Most contracts still take voicemail from inc mins, and if you have
a contract with inc mins you can use that to call many networks
PAYG voicemail after seting up a voicemail PIN, including 3
(which is what i'll be doing from now on to my 3Pay)

Steve Terry
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