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Old 01-01-2005, 13:38
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Orange was fine for both texts and calls around midnight.

O2 - I couldn't send a text until 1.15am !
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Old 01-01-2005, 13:53
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I think 02 are running their network with much less spare capacity than the other networks. Because so many people use the payg genie sims text messages can sometimes take a while and if everyones texting at the same time the cells cannot cope. I guess it helps that orange have more cells than any other network, i could call and text fine all night although like overs have said no delivery reports.

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Old 01-01-2005, 13:57
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Originally Posted by sean2003
This new year i was using T-Mob PAYG, Fresh, and Orange.

WHY do you need so many mobiles?
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Old 01-01-2005, 15:06
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T-Mobile, Orange, Three and Vodafone were all working fine in Nottingham around midnight.

02 hadn't been working properly since 2100 (network busy), GPRS was down all night
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Old 01-01-2005, 15:10
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Originally Posted by Chris S
WHY do you need so many mobiles?
Just do LOL

I only use 2 normally, but took an additoinal one out as it had free credit on it
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Old 01-01-2005, 15:12
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Originally Posted by barker14
I think 02 are running their network with much less spare capacity than the other networks. Because so many people use the payg genie sims text messages can sometimes take a while and if everyones texting at the same time the cells cannot cope. I guess it helps that orange have more cells than any other network, i could call and text fine all night although like overs have said no delivery reports.

Paul
Yeah, the Orange messages seemed to go from my phone, but get stuck in the system. I got no status reports, until i got up this morning and had about 20, and replies of people. Friend called and said they got it at 11.00am this morn.
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Old 01-01-2005, 15:20
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Well, T-Mobile here. couldnt send any text from about 23.30 until 02.15!!!! Calls were ok, outgoing, but people say they couldnt ring me they got an engaged tone! I noticed my signal kept dropping out for a few minutes (when i know the area i was in has excellent reception) Even now i cannot send messages to any 'Three' networked phone. It just comes up 'Unable to send, message saved in unsent items' I can still send texts to 02, T-Mobile and Orange?!

Has the 'Three' network crashed for incoming texts?

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Old 01-01-2005, 17:42
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I'm still having problems on o2

Text's take about 3 attempts to send...calls keep saying "Failed"

Then again thats probably just o2 in general - nothing to do with the New Year!

RE: New Year (Midnight) - I managed to send all my texts without fail on o2 about 1min past midnight....they just didn't get to the people i sent them to until about 6am this morning!
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Old 01-01-2005, 19:43
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MY 02 mobile seems 96% working again.

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Old 01-01-2005, 19:45
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Mines going through an even worse phase than usual - Has lost its network completely and refuses to find o2 (Comes up T-Mobiles, Vodafone and Orange though?) whereas the three other o2 phones in my house are working fine...

AAAAAGGGGHHHHHH
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Old 01-01-2005, 19:49
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my old Nokia 7250i on O2 is working 100%
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Old 01-01-2005, 19:51
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Update: I have a full signal now (not moved the phone an inch!) though can't text or use GPRS.

Bloody useless
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Old 01-01-2005, 20:38
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at midnight, i couldn't phone anyone or text anyone... was getting a "Channel Congested" message on my x3. Turned on this morning and all was working, I know for a fact GPRS was down on o2 and MMS would not send.
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Old 02-01-2005, 02:12
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My phone didn't seem to let me down and I managed to call pretty much everyone in my phone book at around 1am to wish them a happy new year in a pissed up state surrounded by others in the same state. Wish it had had problems really, would have saved the apology texts I had to send to many people today....
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Old 02-01-2005, 02:28
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i got texted at 3:30am yesterday, by a friend of mine, asking who i was because she didn't store my new number, earlier in the night, i phoned her up to *TRY* and say happy new year to her, but she sounded totally pissed.

i'm gonna call her up later today and apologize and just have a chat
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Old 02-01-2005, 09:55
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Originally Posted by Pioneer31
Orange was fine for both texts and calls around midnight.

O2 - I couldn't send a text until 1.15am !

1.25am a text from my 02 seemed to send even though it said text faild a and they tane 10p of me. my 02 seems to be 99% working again.

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Old 02-01-2005, 16:11
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Got a text from one of my mates just before i went to asda on o2, that he sent just before midnight on new years eve... , some 36 hours late...

Had a number of messages to/from Vodafone and T-Mob going fine since then
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Old 02-01-2005, 16:32
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Originally Posted by Ben1900
i got texted at 3:30am yesterday, by a friend of mine, asking who i was because she didn't store my new number, earlier in the night, i phoned her up to *TRY* and say happy new year to her, but she sounded totally pissed.

i'm gonna call her up later today and apologize and just have a chat
what a waste of time that was, she was rude to me and cut me off because she aint well, not even giving me a chance to say sorry i didn't know... i even took time out of my battlefield 1942 game for her
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