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From: Woody on 18 Jun 2010 07:51 On 18/06/2010 12:45, Martin S Taylor wrote: > Woody wrote >> i >> have a contract one now which is �7.50/5G > > Whom with? three. It was originally an 18 month contract on a dongle, but i picked up a mifi and now use the sim in that. To be fair, I never got that near 5GB, my record is just under 3G. -- Woody
From: smurf on 18 Jun 2010 08:33 MaskellMan wrote: > 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? Nope. They claim, when i called a day or so ago to ask them that question, that they will be doing it for iphone 4 only soon. Of course this set alarm bells ringing as the visual voicemail feature hasnt changed since the original iphone. I suspect the sales drone was reading up on the exciting new feature of the iphone like the video calling, and assumed that is what i meant. As of today they have no visual voicemail, despite selling iphone 3g and 3gs for about twelve months.
From: smurf on 18 Jun 2010 08:35 Woody wrote: > Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: > > 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. I am on �9 a month for 10gb, but got a mifi as part of the deal. Great idea, poorly implemented, but still great that my car is a wireless hotspot!
From: smurf on 18 Jun 2010 08:38 Woody wrote: > 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. o2 are just awful, easily the worst 3g signal in my area of the country, it just doesnt exist for fairly large conurbations, i swear they cant be more then half a dozen 3g enabled o2 masts in the entire of west cumbria. Thanks to mifi all my data goes over three on my phone, and o2 is just for calls, otherwise i keep missing calls when data is being transmitted over a 2.5g network. o2 = pile of doo
From: Woody on 18 Jun 2010 08:42
On 18/06/2010 13:35, smurf wrote: > Woody wrote: >> Sak Wathanasin<sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: >> >> 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. > > I am on �9 a month for 10gb, but got a mifi as part of the deal. Great idea, > poorly implemented, but still great that my car is a wireless hotspot! I love the mifi, although I must remember to change my AP name as 3wireless-xxxx is getting a popular name for APs at work! The standard firmware is pretty useless I must admit, but mine came already broken so I never needed to use that. -- Woody |