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From: Woody on 17 Jun 2010 19:05 smurf <smurf(a)smurf.com> wrote: > MaskellMan wrote: > > About to change my (out of contract) 3GS phone for the iPhone4. I am > > currently with O2. However, I am pretty unsatisfied with their data > > network although (for me) their tariffs are OK. 3G coverage seems > > spotty and gets overloaded easily. What you guys think of Vodaphone or > > Orange for data.? How do they compare with O2? > > For data, three has *really* good coverage, though complaints are common in > heavily built up areas (ie london) about difficulty getting connected and > staying connected at speed. I have had them for mobile broadband and found > it very impressive. > > I am in a similar position, out of contract, seriously considering Orange or > three, but the lack of visual voicemail (oe even any idea what it is) by > these networks is making me think twice. I would be perfectly happy to go back to three. In fact, I would much prefer it, even if it is at a loss of visual voicemail (which is not that significant for my use, so that may be why!) -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Sak Wathanasin on 18 Jun 2010 03:50 On 17 June, 22:25, MaskellMan <d...(a)cs.man.ac.uk> wrote: > I had a look at the reviews for 3, and they were not good. Anybody > else had experience of 3? I have a "3" dongle for my MBP and while I don't have problems getting connected, their network setup screws with my VPN. Haven't had time to get to the bottom of it, but it stops my using my DNs through the VPN instead of theirs. Could be 10.6.x but then I don't have the same trouble when using a public wireless network. Also at one time, you could opt to pay 30p/Mb (I forget the exact amt) and not have your credit expire when you topped up (you had to do it manually - buy a top up from Tesco or wherever, go to the website, then convert the top-up to a data credit, whereupon it gave you the option of x p/MB or 1GB/mth). Not anymore - now it's just 1GB/mth/£10, which as I only use it once in a blue moon (as a backup) means it's effectively £10 a shot.
From: Woody on 18 Jun 2010 04:42 Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: > On 17 June, 22:25, MaskellMan <d...(a)cs.man.ac.uk> wrote: > > > I had a look at the reviews for 3, and they were not good. Anybody > > else had experience of 3? > > I have a "3" dongle for my MBP and while I don't have problems getting > connected, their network setup screws with my VPN. Haven't had time to > get to the bottom of it, but it stops my using my DNs through the VPN > instead of theirs. Could be 10.6.x but then I don't have the same > trouble when using a public wireless network. It does use its own DNS addresses, and you can't change them without hacking the dongles generally. > Also at one time, you could opt to pay 30p/Mb (I forget the exact amt) > and not have your credit expire when you topped up (you had to do it > manually - buy a top up from Tesco or wherever, go to the website, > then convert the top-up to a data credit, whereupon it gave you the > option of x p/MB or 1GB/mth). Not anymore - now it's just 1GB/mth/�10, > which as I only use it once in a blue moon (as a backup) means it's > effectively �10 a shot. I was never keen on the �10/1G pay as you go plan not rolling over. i have a contract one now which is �7.50/5G, but I do use mine a lot now. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: MaskellMan on 18 Jun 2010 04:55 On Jun 17, 11:16 pm, "smurf" <sm...(a)smurf.com> wrote: > MaskellMan wrote: > > About to change my (out of contract) 3GS phone for the iPhone4. I am > > currently with O2. However, I am pretty unsatisfied with their data > > network although (for me) their tariffs are OK. 3G coverage seems > > spotty and gets overloaded easily. What you guys think of Vodaphone or > > Orange for data.? How do they compare with O2? > > For data, three has *really* good coverage, though complaints are common in > heavily built up areas (ie london) about difficulty getting connected and > staying connected at speed. I have had them for mobile broadband and found > it very impressive. > > I am in a similar position, out of contract, seriously considering Orange or > three, but the lack of visual voicemail (oe even any idea what it is) by > these networks is making me think twice. Does Orange really not support Visual Voicemail?
From: Duncan Kennedy on 18 Jun 2010 05:49
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > smurf <smurf(a)smurf.com> wrote: > > > MaskellMan wrote: > > > About to change my (out of contract) 3GS phone for the iPhone4. I am > > > currently with O2. However, I am pretty unsatisfied with their data > > > network although (for me) their tariffs are OK. 3G coverage seems > > > spotty and gets overloaded easily. What you guys think of Vodaphone or > > > Orange for data.? How do they compare with O2? > > > > For data, three has *really* good coverage, though complaints are common in > > heavily built up areas (ie london) about difficulty getting connected and > > staying connected at speed. I have had them for mobile broadband and found > > it very impressive. > > > > I am in a similar position, out of contract, seriously considering Orange or > > three, but the lack of visual voicemail (oe even any idea what it is) by > > these networks is making me think twice. > > I would be perfectly happy to go back to three. In fact, I would much > prefer it, even if it is at a loss of visual voicemail (which is not > that significant for my use, so that may be why!) I've never tried 3 (low user most of the time and the 30 day limit on PAYG data is the problem) I have dongles for Orange, Vodafone and T-Mobile. Orange is actually on a �5 a month contract - it isn't bad but while on full speed in Central London OK, is usually a very slow connection in the parts I visit regularly - country locations in Scotland. Vodafone is similar - I notice that when using it at one country location it doesn't half screw up the Freesat TV reception. T-Mobile has always been the best speed connection in my areas. But - these are entirely my personal travel areas. -- duncank |