Which network do you prefer?

James Welsh · 12-10-2004, 17:56

New poll as requested by StevenGray16...

- J

MDX · 12-10-2004, 20:41

i perfer Orange even tho i am with Voda as Orange could not give me the same kind of deal Voda has done

EmbEn · 12-10-2004, 20:56

i have been with all the networks apart from 3 which is suppose to be really bad. Orange is without doubt the best!

imno12u · 12-10-2004, 21:12

Orange. Gone from being a good network to a great network in the space of aout 2 years. the staff are very polite in their shops and on the phone unlike vodafone who always had very unpatient staff.

Steven L Hunter · 12-10-2004, 21:41

And i though Orange were losing customers as ots more people liked O2 better though, just goes to show doesnt it and lol look at T-Mobile

Everything Goes · 13-10-2004, 10:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by imno12u

Orange. Gone from being a good network to a great network in the space of aout 2 years. the staff are very polite in their shops and on the phone unlike vodafone who always had very unpatient staff.

Something to do with Hans Snook leaving and France Telecom taking over. French seeking revenge I think!

Orange are a bit more fleixible these days, but prices have gone up

Still I voted for Orange, a fallen angel but still ahead of the rest somehow.

barker14 · 13-10-2004, 19:33

I have just left o2 pay as you go to get a contract phone on orange. I have long been a user of orange phones and i have to say that compared to o2 the call quality is far surerior however i have found that orange quite often has lower bars on my phone.
Orange customer service really is fantastic hardly any time on hold and they do call you back when they say and always go the extra mile.

Just my views

Paul

Chris S · 13-10-2004, 20:08

I love my LG U8120 on 3.

chris chow · 13-10-2004, 20:34

i voted vodaphone though i'd rather have voted for One2One. i know they have been consumed by the german corporate machine these days but they still my fave!

Steven L Hunter · 13-10-2004, 21:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by barker14

I have just left o2 pay as you go to get a contract phone on orange. I have long been a user of orange phones and i have to say that compared to o2 the call quality is far surerior however i have found that orange quite often has lower bars on my phone.
Orange customer service really is fantastic hardly any time on hold and they do call you back when they say and always go the extra mile.

Just my views

Paul

Thats like Virgin they call you back when they say they will and they have excellent customer service too, T-Mobile said they'd call me back once but never, anyway i have recently fell out with T-Mobile lately and will stick with Virgin for ages now!

vuittion · 14-10-2004, 09:21

I have been with them all including the lame ass 3 network and I always end up going back to virgin and there customer service is excellent.

@drian · 14-10-2004, 13:48

Voted Virgin mobile.

Brilliant Customer Services and they don't charge a fortune like O2.

joed · 14-10-2004, 13:59

Orange for me! I originally started with Vodafone but i switched to Orange about 4 years ago as they were the only network i could get a decent signal on. Just got my first contract phone Motorola V600 12mins any net, any time + 30 texts for £15 and a free bluetooth earpiece!!! This phone is amazing

Madman_GFM · 14-10-2004, 16:22

Ooh, this was a tough one. I first started out on Virgin and I was with them for quite a long time. They definitley improved their network very quickly - I remember being able to use practically everywhere, even where my friends on Orange and Vodafone couldn't, and when I couldn't neither could they anyway. And like other people have said, they have first class customer service - I loved speaking to them and they always sorted out any questions within 1 or 2 minutes. I only left because I was spending too much, and although Virgin had the nice incentives like 'Flash Your Mobile' and '10% Back' I decided to leave and go to o2.

I'm not as happy as I was with Virgin, but I'm saving a lot of money now on o2 pay monthly (around £30 a month). For texts I don't think o2 can be beaten - they just give them away! My friends have had problems and had to get in touch with their customer service and they haven't been very helpful. Fingers crossed I don't have any problems!

I've had many friends and family on a few of the other networks, and I've dealt with some of their customer service departments myself - I've even worked for one. Orange are expensive and have poor customer service, Vodafone are the same and 3, poor customer service and very poor network. In many cities there are unavoidable blackspots where the coverage just completely disappears. I'd expect it in parts of the countryside, which it does for all networks, but not in areas of high population. Tesco Mobile are just a rip off in my eyes when compared to Virgin.

I guess in the end it's what the individual wants - reliability, convenience or just brand. There was a lot of stigma about being on Virgin when I was a customer, but it is by far the better PAYG service, then o2's PAYG Online second for all the texts on offer. On pay monthly I'd have to say o2 for texts, or Vodafone for calls, although you may have a problem yourself should a problem arise.

iDan · 14-10-2004, 18:00

vodafone...

Alex Young · 14-10-2004, 21:13

I vote Orange as I am always with decent signal and I get 5 free texts a day and unlimited texts from Friday 7pm to Monday 7am, even though I am on PAYG.

Steven L Hunter · 14-10-2004, 22:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madman_GFM

Ooh, this was a tough one. I first started out on Virgin and I was with them for quite a long time. They definitley improved their network very quickly - I remember being able to use practically everywhere, even where my friends on Orange and Vodafone couldn't, and when I couldn't neither could they anyway. And like other people have said, they have first class customer service - I loved speaking to them and they always sorted out any questions within 1 or 2 minutes. I only left because I was spending too much, and although Virgin had the nice incentives like 'Flash Your Mobile' and '10% Back' I decided to leave and go to o2.

I'm not as happy as I was with Virgin, but I'm saving a lot of money now on o2 pay monthly (around £30 a month). For texts I don't think o2 can be beaten - they just give them away! My friends have had problems and had to get in touch with their customer service and they haven't been very helpful. Fingers crossed I don't have any problems!

I've had many friends and family on a few of the other networks, and I've dealt with some of their customer service departments myself - I've even worked for one. Orange are expensive and have poor customer service, Vodafone are the same and 3, poor customer service and very poor network. In many cities there are unavoidable blackspots where the coverage just completely disappears. I'd expect it in parts of the countryside, which it does for all networks, but not in areas of high population. Tesco Mobile are just a rip off in my eyes when compared to Virgin.

I guess in the end it's what the individual wants - reliability, convenience or just brand. There was a lot of stigma about being on Virgin when I was a customer, but it is by far the better PAYG service, then o2's PAYG Online second for all the texts on offer. On pay monthly I'd have to say o2 for texts, or Vodafone for calls, although you may have a problem yourself should a problem arise.

Virgin are releasing Virgin Bundles which are like bolt-ons on the 18th October and they are also releasing contract phones soon but no more info is known at this time, hopefully Virgin will offer a cheap competitive price plan on pay monthly and they will hopefully get lots more customers!

Madman_GFM · 15-10-2004, 02:05

Virgin Bundles? Sounds good. And I hope the price plans on Virgin contract suit me - all I need is 100 crossnet and 300 texts a month if anyone from Virgin Mobile is reading

Thanks StevenGray16 for the info - I'm planning on getting a new phone soon, I think I'll wait a while and see what they come up with

Steven L Hunter · 15-10-2004, 08:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madman_GFM

Virgin Bundles? Sounds good. And I hope the price plans on Virgin contract suit me - all I need is 100 crossnet and 300 texts a month if anyone from Virgin Mobile is reading

Thanks StevenGray16 for the info - I'm planning on getting a new phone soon, I think I'll wait a while and see what they come up with

Virgin Bundles is like you can add say 200 texts to your pay as you go account and pay say £10 off your balance every month for it or it could be minutes as well like 100 minutes for say £15 per omnth taken from your balance, this is not correct prices im just using it as an example, no problem - anytime

I think thats a good idea, phone them up to see what info they have on 18th Oct on contract phones, i got told to do this as they may know more by then

mysterymermaid · 15-10-2004, 19:03

I have orange, virgin and o2......I find orange at the moment is the worst.....Virgin is brilliant in Wales and generally speaking o2 is fair everywhere...

0piumDea1er · 15-10-2004, 21:29

Have to be Orange. Started out on Voda, left them because of shoddy customer service, joined Orange on contract about 5 years ago, fantastic customer service, been with them since, also roped the whole family onto Orange too

homer228 · 16-10-2004, 16:24

Tesco Mobile

I was the first to say Tesco Mobile - 1 person is only 0.65%

I've only been on Orange and Tesco Mobile and Tesco is loads better! Quite cheap too.
Calls to all UK landlines and mobiles: 20p/min at all times
Texts to all UK mobile networks: 10p each
Calls to 3 favourite numbers*: 10p/min at all times
Texts to 3 favourite numbers*: 5p each
*3 favourite numbers can be any UK landlines or mobile networks. You can change them every 30 days.

Ben1900 · 16-10-2004, 18:35

i voted for 3

Hammer1 · 16-10-2004, 19:29

t-mobile for me and its seems not many people agree with the lack of votes?

Customer service has been great and network coverage has been good (much better than my old orange contract

) and so far been very happy for the last 3 years

Nearly forgot i've just taken out a o2 contract also and i hope the service will be as good as the votes on this poll

mysterymermaid · 16-10-2004, 20:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hammer1

t-mobile for me and its seems not many people agree with the lack of votes?

Customer service has been great and network coverage has been good (much better than my old orange contract

) and so far been very happy for the last 3 years

Nearly forgot i've just taken out a o2 contract also and i hope the service will be as good as the votes on this poll

I have a virgin phone and its much better than orange...I live in worcestershire and orange is crap here ...I have a holiday home in westwales and there is hardly a signal there its terrible and I do not have a signal at all in our chalet..full one on virgin which is the same as T mobile...I have just had an o2 on contract and that is average everywhere...and I rarely never have a signal like I do on orange.

View Poll Results: Which mobile phone network do you prefer?
O2	255	28.49%
T-Mobile	63	7.04%
Virgin Mobile	111	12.40%
Orange	250	27.93%
Vodafone	138	15.42%
Tesco Mobile	8	0.89%
Fresh Mobile	1	0.11%
3	68	7.60%
BT Mobile	1	0.11%
Voters: 895. You can't vote on this poll right now - are you signed in?

12-10-2004, 17:56	#1
James Welsh Co-founder Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 2,621	Which network do you prefer? New poll as requested by StevenGray16... - J

13-10-2004, 19:33	#7
barker14 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 79	orange....... I have just left o2 pay as you go to get a contract phone on orange. I have long been a user of orange phones and i have to say that compared to o2 the call quality is far surerior however i have found that orange quite often has lower bars on my phone. Orange customer service really is fantastic hardly any time on hold and they do call you back when they say and always go the extra mile. Just my views Paul

12-10-2004, 20:41	#2
MDX Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,829	i perfer Orange even tho i am with Voda as Orange could not give me the same kind of deal Voda has done

12-10-2004, 20:56	#3
EmbEn Forum Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Cheshire Posts: 750	i have been with all the networks apart from 3 which is suppose to be really bad. Orange is without doubt the best!

12-10-2004, 21:12	#4
imno12u Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: London Posts: 7,080	Orange. Gone from being a good network to a great network in the space of aout 2 years. the staff are very polite in their shops and on the phone unlike vodafone who always had very unpatient staff.

12-10-2004, 21:41	#5
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	And i though Orange were losing customers as ots more people liked O2 better though, just goes to show doesnt it and lol look at T-Mobile

13-10-2004, 10:36	#6
Everything Goes Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In the future.... Posts: 11,259	Quote: Originally Posted by imno12u Orange. Gone from being a good network to a great network in the space of aout 2 years. the staff are very polite in their shops and on the phone unlike vodafone who always had very unpatient staff. Something to do with Hans Snook leaving and France Telecom taking over. French seeking revenge I think! Orange are a bit more fleixible these days, but prices have gone up Still I voted for Orange, a fallen angel but still ahead of the rest somehow.

13-10-2004, 20:08	#8
Chris S Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 244	I love my LG U8120 on 3.

13-10-2004, 20:34	#9
chris chow Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,316	i voted vodaphone though i'd rather have voted for One2One. i know they have been consumed by the german corporate machine these days but they still my fave!

13-10-2004, 21:19	#10
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Quote: Originally Posted by barker14 I have just left o2 pay as you go to get a contract phone on orange. I have long been a user of orange phones and i have to say that compared to o2 the call quality is far surerior however i have found that orange quite often has lower bars on my phone. Orange customer service really is fantastic hardly any time on hold and they do call you back when they say and always go the extra mile. Just my views Paul Thats like Virgin they call you back when they say they will and they have excellent customer service too, T-Mobile said they'd call me back once but never, anyway i have recently fell out with T-Mobile lately and will stick with Virgin for ages now!

14-10-2004, 09:21	#11
vuittion Forum Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: london (south east) Posts: 515	I have been with them all including the lame ass 3 network and I always end up going back to virgin and there customer service is excellent.

14-10-2004, 13:48	#12
@drian Forum Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 86	Voted Virgin mobile. Brilliant Customer Services and they don't charge a fortune like O2.

14-10-2004, 13:59	#13
joed Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Co Antrim Posts: 1,302	Orange for me! I originally started with Vodafone but i switched to Orange about 4 years ago as they were the only network i could get a decent signal on. Just got my first contract phone Motorola V600 12mins any net, any time + 30 texts for £15 and a free bluetooth earpiece!!! This phone is amazing

14-10-2004, 16:22	#14
Madman_GFM Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 32	Ooh, this was a tough one. I first started out on Virgin and I was with them for quite a long time. They definitley improved their network very quickly - I remember being able to use practically everywhere, even where my friends on Orange and Vodafone couldn't, and when I couldn't neither could they anyway. And like other people have said, they have first class customer service - I loved speaking to them and they always sorted out any questions within 1 or 2 minutes. I only left because I was spending too much, and although Virgin had the nice incentives like 'Flash Your Mobile' and '10% Back' I decided to leave and go to o2. I'm not as happy as I was with Virgin, but I'm saving a lot of money now on o2 pay monthly (around £30 a month). For texts I don't think o2 can be beaten - they just give them away! My friends have had problems and had to get in touch with their customer service and they haven't been very helpful. Fingers crossed I don't have any problems! I've had many friends and family on a few of the other networks, and I've dealt with some of their customer service departments myself - I've even worked for one. Orange are expensive and have poor customer service, Vodafone are the same and 3, poor customer service and very poor network. In many cities there are unavoidable blackspots where the coverage just completely disappears. I'd expect it in parts of the countryside, which it does for all networks, but not in areas of high population. Tesco Mobile are just a rip off in my eyes when compared to Virgin. I guess in the end it's what the individual wants - reliability, convenience or just brand. There was a lot of stigma about being on Virgin when I was a customer, but it is by far the better PAYG service, then o2's PAYG Online second for all the texts on offer. On pay monthly I'd have to say o2 for texts, or Vodafone for calls, although you may have a problem yourself should a problem arise.

14-10-2004, 18:00	#15
iDan Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,812	vodafone...

14-10-2004, 21:13	#16
Alex Young Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,800	I vote Orange as I am always with decent signal and I get 5 free texts a day and unlimited texts from Friday 7pm to Monday 7am, even though I am on PAYG.

14-10-2004, 22:48	#17
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Quote: Originally Posted by Madman_GFM Ooh, this was a tough one. I first started out on Virgin and I was with them for quite a long time. They definitley improved their network very quickly - I remember being able to use practically everywhere, even where my friends on Orange and Vodafone couldn't, and when I couldn't neither could they anyway. And like other people have said, they have first class customer service - I loved speaking to them and they always sorted out any questions within 1 or 2 minutes. I only left because I was spending too much, and although Virgin had the nice incentives like 'Flash Your Mobile' and '10% Back' I decided to leave and go to o2. I'm not as happy as I was with Virgin, but I'm saving a lot of money now on o2 pay monthly (around £30 a month). For texts I don't think o2 can be beaten - they just give them away! My friends have had problems and had to get in touch with their customer service and they haven't been very helpful. Fingers crossed I don't have any problems! I've had many friends and family on a few of the other networks, and I've dealt with some of their customer service departments myself - I've even worked for one. Orange are expensive and have poor customer service, Vodafone are the same and 3, poor customer service and very poor network. In many cities there are unavoidable blackspots where the coverage just completely disappears. I'd expect it in parts of the countryside, which it does for all networks, but not in areas of high population. Tesco Mobile are just a rip off in my eyes when compared to Virgin. I guess in the end it's what the individual wants - reliability, convenience or just brand. There was a lot of stigma about being on Virgin when I was a customer, but it is by far the better PAYG service, then o2's PAYG Online second for all the texts on offer. On pay monthly I'd have to say o2 for texts, or Vodafone for calls, although you may have a problem yourself should a problem arise. Virgin are releasing Virgin Bundles which are like bolt-ons on the 18th October and they are also releasing contract phones soon but no more info is known at this time, hopefully Virgin will offer a cheap competitive price plan on pay monthly and they will hopefully get lots more customers!

15-10-2004, 02:05	#18
Madman_GFM Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 32	Virgin Bundles? Sounds good. And I hope the price plans on Virgin contract suit me - all I need is 100 crossnet and 300 texts a month if anyone from Virgin Mobile is reading Thanks StevenGray16 for the info - I'm planning on getting a new phone soon, I think I'll wait a while and see what they come up with

15-10-2004, 08:22	#19
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Quote: Originally Posted by Madman_GFM Virgin Bundles? Sounds good. And I hope the price plans on Virgin contract suit me - all I need is 100 crossnet and 300 texts a month if anyone from Virgin Mobile is reading Thanks StevenGray16 for the info - I'm planning on getting a new phone soon, I think I'll wait a while and see what they come up with Virgin Bundles is like you can add say 200 texts to your pay as you go account and pay say £10 off your balance every month for it or it could be minutes as well like 100 minutes for say £15 per omnth taken from your balance, this is not correct prices im just using it as an example, no problem - anytime I think thats a good idea, phone them up to see what info they have on 18th Oct on contract phones, i got told to do this as they may know more by then

15-10-2004, 19:03	#20
mysterymermaid Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mystery Castle, Worcestershire Posts: 6,089	I have orange, virgin and o2......I find orange at the moment is the worst.....Virgin is brilliant in Wales and generally speaking o2 is fair everywhere...

15-10-2004, 21:29	#21
0piumDea1er Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,723	Have to be Orange. Started out on Voda, left them because of shoddy customer service, joined Orange on contract about 5 years ago, fantastic customer service, been with them since, also roped the whole family onto Orange too

16-10-2004, 16:24	#22
homer228 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: County Durham, UK Posts: 127	Tesco Mobile I was the first to say Tesco Mobile - 1 person is only 0.65% I've only been on Orange and Tesco Mobile and Tesco is loads better! Quite cheap too. Calls to all UK landlines and mobiles: 20p/min at all times Texts to all UK mobile networks: 10p each Calls to 3 favourite numbers: 10p/min at all times Texts to 3 favourite numbers: 5p each *3 favourite numbers can be any UK landlines or mobile networks. You can change them every 30 days.

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16-10-2004, 18:35	#23
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	i voted for 3

16-10-2004, 19:29	#24
Hammer1 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: bucks Posts: 56	t-mobile for me and its seems not many people agree with the lack of votes? Customer service has been great and network coverage has been good (much better than my old orange contract ) and so far been very happy for the last 3 years Nearly forgot i've just taken out a o2 contract also and i hope the service will be as good as the votes on this poll

16-10-2004, 20:38	#25
mysterymermaid Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mystery Castle, Worcestershire Posts: 6,089	Quote: Originally Posted by Hammer1 t-mobile for me and its seems not many people agree with the lack of votes? Customer service has been great and network coverage has been good (much better than my old orange contract ) and so far been very happy for the last 3 years Nearly forgot i've just taken out a o2 contract also and i hope the service will be as good as the votes on this poll I have a virgin phone and its much better than orange...I live in worcestershire and orange is crap here ...I have a holiday home in westwales and there is hardly a signal there its terrible and I do not have a signal at all in our chalet..full one on virgin which is the same as T mobile...I have just had an o2 on contract and that is average everywhere...and I rarely never have a signal like I do on orange.