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From: Steve Terry on 11 Jun 2010 10:32
"Jon" <spam(a)jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message
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> In article <53b87fc2-2ee3-4cde-99e4-afee61bc5de5
> @j4g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, google(a)davidglover.org says...
>> Assuming for the moment that they both have identical tarrifs (they
>> don't, but pretend they do), and that you are particularly interested
>> in 3G data, as well as other ancillaries such as good customer
>> service, coverage, etc.
>> Would you pick Three, or Orange?
>
> Bear in mind that very soon the Orange and T-Mobile networks are going
> to combine to form easliy the biggest network in the UK...
> Regards
> Jon
>
>
and then they'll be able to sell off one of their 3g networks
which is their plan in merging all along.
Which will mean two customer bases using one network

I hope T Mobile take over Oranges now worthless CS

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From: Steve Terry on 13 Jun 2010 17:08
"Chris Leuty" <news2010(a)leuty.me.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <pih*wfgbt(a)news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>,
> Theo Markettos <theom+news(a)chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Three I think have the edge on coverage... everyone's experience is
>> different, but I don't seem to find many places where I get 2G fallback
>> to
>> Orange these days (even had good 3G at an isolated location in hilly
>> rural
>> Wales).
>
> Given that Three are using the same 3G network as T-Mobile, and Orange
> customers will be able to roam onto T-Mobile's network and vice versa
> later this year* (anyone know when?) as part of their UK merger, will
> Orange then have better coverage than Three or will Three customers also
> roam onto Orange 3G?
>
> * http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/11/orange_tmobile_combined/
>
>
Depends how much 3g network nothingnowhere decide to dismantle,
and if Voda merges with Three.

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From: Jon on 13 Jun 2010 17:46
In article <hv3hcf$l1v$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, gfourwwk(a)tesco.net
says...
> Depends how much 3g network nothingnowhere decide to dismantle,
> and if Voda merges with Three.

Equipment from decommisioned sites, i.e. where there is overlap, will be
re-deployed to fill in where there is poor coverage. That's the plan
anyway.
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Jon
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