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From: JL on 16 Jul 2010 15:59
On 16 July, 20:43, "Woody" <harroga...(a)ntlworld.spam.com> wrote:
> "Bill" <b...(a)bobsmyuncle.com> wrote in message
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> news:i1pm6d$1se0$2(a)adenine.netfront.net...
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>
>
> >I have just decided that Orange are absolute rubbish.
>
> > Hold the phone in your hand/enter a building and the signal
> > goes = irritating
> > Text message delivery reports at 1p = ridiculous
> > Handset branding and locking = annoying
> > Customer service in India = unhelpful
> > CS in UK = rude
> > The new tariffs = overpriced
> > 3G data speeds = terrible, and sometimes unusable
>
> > Coverage in rural areas = actually not that bad
> > UMA = good in theory, good when it works
>
> > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints:
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> I used to think that I lived in an Orange-free zone - called
> Yorkshire. Having done some running around of late I've upgraded
> that to England!
>
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> Woody
>
> harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

I agree with every statement there. I have a BlackBerry Bold 9700 on
Orange and it is pretty rubbish really and I end up using my 6310i on
Vodafone more often than I can use the BB. Home, in Tesco, indoors at
work - terrible. Seems that when the signal is 1 or 2 bars the
internet is so so slow its unusable.

On that note I'm still looking to offload my Orange BB SIM as
mentioned in another post a few weeks ago.
600mins, 500 texts, 500Mb internet + BlackBerry which is £20.50/month
with a year left on the 18-month contract.
I'll offer £100 for someone to take it making it just over £12/month
for the year. Anyone...please!
From: Steve Terry on 16 Jul 2010 18:25
"Bill" <bill(a)bobsmyuncle.com> wrote in message
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>I have just decided that Orange are absolute rubbish.
>
> Hold the phone in your hand/enter a building and the signal goes =
> irritating
>
Depends how near an Orange BTS is, what's in the way,
and how good the phone is, i've good coverage around here
>
> Text message delivery reports at 1p = ridiculous
>
Agreed, unbelievably petty
>
> Handset branding and locking = annoying
>
Not as bad at it was, CPW now offer some unlocked GSM stock
phones on Orange.
>
> Customer service in India = unhelpful
>
Agreed
>
> CS in UK = rude
>
Depends how unlucky you are, Orange used to have the most
forward facing depts of any network, FT Orange had to feck it
up of course.
>
> The new tariffs = overpriced
>
Depends how much cashback you get from a dealer
>
> 3G data speeds = terrible, and sometimes unusable
>
I use Three for data.
>
> Coverage in rural areas = actually not that bad
>
Still one of the best
>
> UMA = good in theory, good when it works
>
Useful if you have a WiFi phone, no use to me

Steve Terry
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From: Brian A on 16 Jul 2010 18:56
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:42:41 +0100, White Spirit wrote:

> On 16/07/2010 14:17, Bill wrote:
>
>> I have just decided that Orange are absolute rubbish.
>
> I've always been with Vodafone. Their customer service and tariffs are
> excellent.
When have the tariffs on Vodafone been excellent? Quite the contrary I'd
say. They are definitely the worst for tariffs of all the UK networks.
Try checking out some of the deals on O2 and '3' and then compare them to
Vodafone. I'd put Vodafone at the bottom and Orange just above. Vodafone
seem to look for ways to fleece customers and catch them unawares with
strange conditions or moving of goal posts. I'd hate to be on Vodafone.
It is the one company I would definitely avoid.
Coverage is a different story of course.






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From: "Stephen Hammond" no on 17 Jul 2010 03:52
For �10 per month on a rolling sim only contract I get
250 mins cross network
400 text during the day and unlmited evening and weekend texts
3Gb data or over apparently
30 picture messages

and the signal is good here in Dorset :)

I'm happy


From: Robert Coates on 17 Jul 2010 04:47
On 16 July, 13:17, "Bill" <b...(a)bobsmyuncle.com> wrote:
> I have just decided that Orange are absolute rubbish.
>
> Text message delivery reports at 1p = ridiculous
I agree

> Handset branding and locking = annoying
I agree. On my contract they gave me the most rubbish phone around,
Nokia 2630.
So I went and bought an unlocked phone from CPW and use that. CPW:
Guaranteed unlocked. Can put my foreign SIM in when abroad etc.

> 3G data speeds = terrible, and sometimes unusable
This is my biggest gripe. Used to be fine, but now is virtually
unusable. Different handsets, SIMs, always the same. Lucky to get a
page to load before handset times out.
Are Orange CS interested? Nope!
I now have to carry another phone for data. On T-Mob. Data is fine,
but coverage... T-Mob's coverage does make Orange look brilliant!

I'll add another. You can't text some foreign networks. When my son
who lives abroad changed his network, I found I could no longer text
him. Voda, O2, T-mob all worked fine, but not Orange.
Got Orange to investigate and they came back that they have no
agreement with that particular network and so texts can't be sent.
Brilliant! The person I text the most, I no longer can.
So, how do I get round this problem, I asked. "Move to Voda or O2!!!"
replied the Orange CS guy!

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