Hi There All,
Well i bought my new Motorola C975 just over a week ago on 3, £44.99 including my first £15 airtime. Since have bought a £25 as i text a hell of alot and still have over 300 left and also added a £10 use for anything add-on for ringtune downloads and so on. The phone itself is great, more things to do on it than i have time for

and inscase any of you are wondering if it is bluetooth, well i found out from 3 it is not a bluetooth handset but you can get the bluetooth car headsets as they come for this handset with an adapter which i presume slots into the data cable slot at the bottom of the fone, so when i can get the readies for this i shall purchase one because i cannot stand cables
Now when i was speaking with the bloke in the well known mobile phone shop i got it from, he was explaining to me that at the moment calls still drop due to when one is passing from a 3g coverage area and then you enter a 2.5 or 2g coverage area, this happens due to the back up networks 3 utilise, which i believe if my memory serves me correct *doesn't happen often*

is O2 and T-Mobile. Now as they are not 3g compatible or only just getting there, this is where the problem lies with call drops.
He also stated that it is well known in the industry that in no more than a year... yes a year which is nothing, 3 will be the best UK Mobile Network out of the lot partly due to the fact that within this next year they will no longer be utilising back up network operators and are currently working hard to have there OWN masts and infrastructure finalised and put in place. Also because they started from scratch as a 3g operator and provider and all the other networks are playing catch up indeed with regards to 3g services and products.
Yes they have had there problems and i only know this from what i have read and heard in the past but i have had to call CS on a few occasions mainly getting used to how to top up using my debit card and not wanting to do anything wrong, how to setup certain aspects of my fone as this is by far the most advanced fone i have ever been able to afford to have posession of and other general enquiries which some were over the bank holiday period and i have nothing but praise for every single time i have needed to call them, prompt answering, understanding of my queries and also sorting of my problems.
I do think that in another 6months we shall see what with i have mentioned above further massive strides forward and the proof will be in the pudding so to speak.
However it is alike any product or service, you cannot satisfy everyone and will always get disgruntled and happy customers so as other people have said, if you like 3 then stay with them and lets grow the network together whilst enjoying the awesome benefits and services but if you cannot stand 3 for whatever reason, simply go and join a different network.....pretty simple solutions really
Right everyone that's all from me for now and here's to all my other fellow 3 stickarounds
Take Care & A Happy New Year To You All
Rob