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Old 15-06-2010, 22:14
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I must say i am very impressed with the signal so far. Had it a week and 1/2 and not one loss of signal so far whereas as other providers i always lost signal expecially in my home. I seem to have constant signal plus 3g where i am.

Anyone have any bad experiences with t-mobile and their signal.
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Old 15-06-2010, 22:20
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T-Mobile signal is good. But not fantastic. For example, I can't get signal at work on the LG Floor (Basement). Whereas people on O2 can get full signal.
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Old 15-06-2010, 22:45
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I'm currently with Vodafone on Pay as You Go and have always found the signal very good.
I've just got a new HTC Desire and have been looking into prices for Sim Only with Internet. I'm only a light user regarding phone calls and text and so wouldn't really want to pay more than £15a month.

To stay with Vodafone the best I can get is £10 a month for 300 minutes and 3000 texts which is way above what i would ever use plus I would have to pay £5 a month for 500MB of internet use.
T Mobile do a £10 deal with 100 minutes and 100 texts which with their flexible booster I can get 1GB of internet use all included for the £10

The T Mobile deal is exactly what i need but I don't want to move from Vodafone if the signal is no good in many areas of the UK. Does anyone have any experience of T Mobile reception.
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Old 15-06-2010, 23:00
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The signal is dependant on where you are in relation to the nearest base station and any obstacles between you and it. Nothing more. I have strong coverage of all networks (2G and no '3' at all) where I live but that's only good news for those who live near me and don't wish to use any 3G services I guess!
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Old 15-06-2010, 23:00
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I've used T-Mobile in the past, about five years ago, and at that time it was, frankly, crap. However, I've gone back to them on a sim only 30 day contract in the past month, and I've been impressed by how much they've improved - much more extensive 3G coverage than o2 or vodafone in the area I live in and, importantly, I've had no dropped calls - something which was a curse with them before. I think this is to a large extent due to the site share agreement between Three and T-Mobile, which has greatly increased their coverage in areas they didn't cover that well before.

Its worth saying too that T-Mobile are tying up with Orange before too long, and apparently one of the first ramifications of that is that T-Mobile and Orange customers will be able to roam onto each other's networks, thus increasing coverage further. Of course the overall implication of this is that T-Mobile 3G will eventually be making use of the existing T-Mobile network plus the Three and Orange networks.

After years of them being largely in the wilderness anywhere outside the 3 main cities, I think T-Mobile is probably a pretty good network to be on at the moment.
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Old 15-06-2010, 23:23
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As T Mobile will allow you to import your old number from another network at any time, and not just at sign up, I might try the 30 Day Sim only deal with them for a few weeks first before I ask Vodafone for my PAC number. If T Mobile reception is no good in my area then I can stick with Vodafone, even if it does cost me £5 a month more.
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Old 15-06-2010, 23:44
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T Mobile only seems to work were I live in Clacton down the road signal drops and goes to 2G most of the time around the town.

I found 3 better round the other end but T Mobile is better here and three was worse.
Both networks still need to improve.
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Old 15-06-2010, 23:46
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i have t mobile, and the signal in my flat is beyond terrible, but anywhere else i never have a problem.
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Old 16-06-2010, 00:04
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i got 3.5G where i am ,west lancashire
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Old 16-06-2010, 11:00
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T-Mobile seems reasonable in built up areas, but my experience of it outside towns, cities and motorways is it's pretty useless.
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