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Old 02-12-2004, 09:27
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I'm going to change from Orange to Vodafone and wondered if I would notice a great deal of difference in the network coverage around the UK.
Main reason for changing is that most of my calls are off peak at the weekend and Vodafone prepay is only 5p a minute off peak compaired to 10p with orange. I find Orange very poor in many rural areas especially West of Scotland is Vodafone any better?
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Old 02-12-2004, 09:59
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I was with Orange, but could not get a signal in my village where I lived. One of those things really. When I started work for Vodafone, I got a VF handset, and it worked in my village with full signal. Same thing now as I kept the number for PAYT, and again not available in my new village.

I am not saying that as a rule Orange have poor network coverage in small rural areas, it is coincidence. Check with Vodafone first by giving them your postcode, and they can check the signal strengths in your area.
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Old 02-12-2004, 10:41
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Personally, I have two phones one on each of these two networks, so I can usually get network coverage on at least one. I spend a lot of time in rural areas mainly Wales hence my two phones. However I sometimes find no coverage on either but friends with O2 in the same area get coverage. Really there is no answer apart from say getting all four networks, a bit excessive. I would try it an see, you can get a Vodafone PAYG phone from £20.
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Old 02-12-2004, 10:49
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All the networks have black spots, but I have heard that o2 has better coverage in scotland...

Orange is also 5p per minute......are you on orange prepay?
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Old 03-12-2004, 09:54
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There is no doubt Vodafone has the best overall coverage.
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Old 03-12-2004, 16:25
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stay with orange.when i was in Dundalk [20 miles south off the Irish border] i was seeing what networks i could get. and it gave a list of networks. orange and t-mobile were the ones that stuck out
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Old 03-12-2004, 18:39
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Originally Posted by steve007
All the networks have black spots, but I have heard that o2 has better coverage in scotland...

Orange is also 5p per minute......are you on orange prepay?
Orange is only 5p a minute after the first 3 minutes if you are on the Talk and Save plan. The first 3 minutes are 25p
Even with the Choose Your own off peak orange is 10p a minute offpeak.
As I make most of my calls in the evening and at weekends and are generally short calls a move to Vodafone would save me a considerable amount - up to half the price!
Incidently when I fist was on Orange and they had the Just Talk plan, if you bought a £50 top up you got half price calls but they suddewnly stopped that - when i still had over £40 in credit, that really annoyed me as I felt that they should have at least let me use what i had paid upfront on the original deal.
Anyway as from today i have a nice new Motorola V525 and I'm going to try Vodafone at 5p a minute off peak.
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