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From: iballooka on 18 Jun 2010 06:52 On 2010-06-17 22:25:24 +0100, MaskellMan <doug(a)cs.man.ac.uk> said: > On Jun 17, 9:59�pm, Ian McCall <i...(a)eruvia.org> wrote: >> On 2010-06-17 18:00:46 +0100, MaskellMan <d...(a)cs.man.ac.uk> said: >> >>> What you guys think of Vodaphone or >>> Orange for data.? How do they compare with O2? >> >> Vodafone's allowances look better this time round, and they seem to do >> fine with data (I'm on O2, my wife on Vodafone). But...if it's purely >> about the 3G coverage, 3 seem to consistently win all the surveys. >> Never been on them myself, but I'm currently debating whether to >> upgrade to the iPhone 4 at launch on O2, or whether to wait it out >> until December and switch over to 3. >> >> Cheers, >> Ian > > I had a look at the reviews for 3, and they were not good. Anybody > else had experience of 3? 3 is simply an appalling company to deal with, this may be unique to the three contracts we had with them but seems common with my sons Uni firends... If you have a problem, there solution is don't deal with it... This is just my experience and whatever you don't have your phone stolen... -- Mike Peace and Happiness is a State of Mind....
From: Woody on 18 Jun 2010 07:05 On 18/06/2010 11:52, iballooka wrote: > On 2010-06-17 22:25:24 +0100, MaskellMan <doug(a)cs.man.ac.uk> said: > >> On Jun 17, 9:59 pm, Ian McCall <i...(a)eruvia.org> wrote: >>> On 2010-06-17 18:00:46 +0100, MaskellMan <d...(a)cs.man.ac.uk> said: >>> >>>> What you guys think of Vodaphone or >>>> Orange for data.? How do they compare with O2? >>> >>> Vodafone's allowances look better this time round, and they seem to do >>> fine with data (I'm on O2, my wife on Vodafone). But...if it's purely >>> about the 3G coverage, 3 seem to consistently win all the surveys. >>> Never been on them myself, but I'm currently debating whether to >>> upgrade to the iPhone 4 at launch on O2, or whether to wait it out >>> until December and switch over to 3. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ian >> >> I had a look at the reviews for 3, and they were not good. Anybody >> else had experience of 3? > > 3 is simply an appalling company to deal with, this may be unique to the > three contracts we had with them but seems common with my sons Uni > firends... See I have heard that, but never had any problems with them. Every time I had a problem (which admittedly wasn't that often) they just dealt with it without fuss. Unlike orange. > If you have a problem, there solution is don't deal with it... Or in my case, deal with it quickly and efficiently. > This is just my experience and whatever you don't have your phone stolen... Probably best avoided in all cases. Unlike o2 though, they actually reduce the price for existing customers staying with them. -- Woody
From: MaskellMan on 18 Jun 2010 07:22 On Jun 18, 10:49 am, nos...(a)nospamottersonbg.couk (Duncan Kennedy) wrote: > Woody <use...(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > 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. > > > 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 How do you get a £5 month contract.? The cheapest I can find on the Orange site is £15 SIM only contract.
From: Sak Wathanasin on 18 Jun 2010 07:27 On 18 June, 09:42, use...(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote: > It does use its own DNS addresses, and you can't change them without > hacking the dongles generally. Yehbut, the DNS requests (well, all traffic, in fact) are going through my VPN, so "3" shouldn't see them at all. I'm kinda perplexed as to why it's happening. One of these days when I've time and data credit to use up before it expires, I'll have a tcpdump session...
From: Martin S Taylor on 18 Jun 2010 07:45
Woody wrote > i > have a contract one now which is �7.50/5G Whom with? MST |