Moving from Vodafone - Should I pick O2 or Orange?
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From: Woody on 20 Dec 2009 16:44 "Steve" <steve@....com> wrote in message news:hgljka$2cgb$1(a)adenine.netfront.net... > Thanks for the responses everyone. > > My son has an O2 contract (still in my name) and I called up to > query 2 things: > 1 was to see if Conference Calling was available to which they > said no - is this correct?? > 2 was to increase his tariff to include more minutes. Instead > of being helpful they were rude and said that I couldn't have > Unlimited O2-O2 calls and the Web bolt on free (both were added > free by retentions on the last upgrade). The person demanded I > picked one to remove there and then. In the end I spoke to a > supervisor who said I could keep the 2 bolt-ons. Bad > experience there. > > Anyway, this put me off O2 and I now have an Orange business > contract with 8 phones. So far things have been pretty good. > Answer Fax is a great little feature for us and Conference > Calling etc. work, unlike on O2. > > The only thing I've been irritated at was that when in Ireland > last week the Meteor network was unavailable, despite being > listed as having a roaming agreement on the Orange website. > Maybe Orange cutting down on costs there...hmm. Apart from > that everything's been great - happy Orange customer :) > What a strange person - a happy Lemon customer? Quick someone, wrap him in cotton wool and take a photo of him. You may never see another! -- Woody harrogate three at ntlworld dot com
From: Steve Terry on 22 Dec 2009 01:10 "Woody" <harrogate3(a)ntlworld.spam.com> wrote in message news:UUwXm.51354$RF5.26221(a)newsfe02.ams2... > "Steve" <steve@....com> wrote in message > news:hgljka$2cgb$1(a)adenine.netfront.net... >> Thanks for the responses everyone. <snip> >> Anyway, this put me off O2 and I now have an Orange business contract >> with 8 phones. So far things have been pretty good. Answer Fax is a >> great little feature for us and Conference Calling etc. work, unlike on >> O2 > > > What a strange person - a happy Lemon customer? > > Quick someone, wrap him in cotton wool and take a photo of him. You may > never see another! > Woody > He must think Orange Answer fax is great cos he doesn't remember Wildfire Fax ;-( Steve Terry -- Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276
From: Jon Pitts on 1 Jan 2010 10:08 "Woody" <harrogate3(a)ntlworld.spam.com> wrote in message news:jrvQm.140059$Gz1.27473(a)newsfe25.ams2... >> > > > If you have got used to the coverage of Vodafone and the slick system > operation, then O2 and Lemon will be a considerable let-down. > > Orange hangs on to the call per cell as far as it will go then often finds > the next cell has no resources available and drops the call, so you get > many more repeat calls with Orange. At the risk of opening an old thread... As a technical statement, I'd be very interested in your evidence for this. Regards Jon.
From: Woody on 1 Jan 2010 12:19 "Jon Pitts" <usenet(a)pitts50.co.uk> wrote in message news:kN-dnR7H5O5HkqPWnZ2dnUVZ7rmdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > "Woody" <harrogate3(a)ntlworld.spam.com> wrote in message > news:jrvQm.140059$Gz1.27473(a)newsfe25.ams2... > >>> >> >> >> If you have got used to the coverage of Vodafone and the slick >> system >> operation, then O2 and Lemon will be a considerable let-down. >> >> Orange hangs on to the call per cell as far as it will go then >> often finds >> the next cell has no resources available and drops the call, >> so you get >> many more repeat calls with Orange. > > At the risk of opening an old thread... > > As a technical statement, I'd be very interested in your > evidence for this. > > Regards > > Jon. Put it like this. On Vodafone I could drive from here (Harrogate) to York in conversation without a single drop. Then we moved to Orange and the same conversation would drop out an require a redial four times, every time at the same place within a few hundred yards or so - the first being at the bottom of our road. Signal strengths are good throughout. -- Woody harrogate three at ntlworld dot com
From: Steve Terry on 2 Jan 2010 14:34
"Woody" <harrogate3(a)ntlworld.spam.com> wrote in message news:W7q%m.24513$Qp7.7257(a)newsfe25.ams2... > "Jon Pitts" <usenet(a)pitts50.co.uk> wrote in message > news:kN-dnR7H5O5HkqPWnZ2dnUVZ7rmdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> >> "Woody" <harrogate3(a)ntlworld.spam.com> wrote in message >> news:jrvQm.140059$Gz1.27473(a)newsfe25.ams2... >>> If you have got used to the coverage of Vodafone and the slick system >>> operation, then O2 and Lemon will be a considerable let-down. >>> >>> Orange hangs on to the call per cell as far as it will go then often >>> finds >>> the next cell has no resources available and drops the call, so you get >>> many more repeat calls with Orange. >> >> At the risk of opening an old thread... >> >> As a technical statement, I'd be very interested in your evidence for >> this. >> Regards >> Jon. > > > Put it like this. On Vodafone I could drive from here (Harrogate) to York > in conversation without a single drop. Then we moved to Orange and the > same conversation would drop out an require a redial four times, every > time at the same place within a few hundred yards or so - the first being > at the bottom of our road. Signal strengths are good throughout. > Woody > > I presume that's with an Orange 2g only phone? If you had tried the same course with an Orange 3g/2g phone, i suspect you would have had much better results? With Orange concentration on 3g BTS's i wouldn't recommend an Orange 2g only phone anymore My main phone is an unlocked ex 3 network Nokia 6120c with an Orange 3g contract sim. It spends more time on Orange 3g than 2g. I'm happy with Orange 3g/2g coverage. I also have a Orange OVP Virgin in a 2g Nokia 6130i, coverage is acceptable but nothing like having proper combined Steve Terry -- Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276 |