[Thine Wonk]

Real world users only care about the experience normally, not the technology. Does it load web pages, if so how fast, do calls drop etc.

[qasdfdsaq]

Real world users are not all on the same technology.

3G call failure rates may be nothing like the real world experience of 2G users and vice versa.

[Three]

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Real world users are not all on the same technology.

3G call failure rates may be nothing like the real world experience of 2G users and vice versa.

The end user won't give a second thought to what technology they're using. A dropped call is a dropped call.

[dragonrapide]

02 is shocking in the centre of Brighton, especially along the seafront where there is no data signal, let alone 3g. You are lucky if you receive a call or text down there too.

There are many pockets of poor reception all over West Sussex.

I think I heard they are going to be sharing transmitters with Vodafone so not a lot to look forward to unless they are updating these or at least ensuring the equipment they have in Brighton is actually working well.

[qasdfdsaq]

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Originally Posted by Three

The end user won't give a second thought to what technology they're using. A dropped call is a dropped call.

Stats for dropped calls on a different technology are about as useful as stats for dropped calls on a different network to them.

[planetf1]

I had been with 3 since they launched, but moved to vodafone to benefit from coverage at work a few years back.

During that time it seemed to get significantly worse
- call drops
- slow data
- data session drops & stalled connections
- lack of 3G in many areas

This included hampshire, bristol, birmingham, london, IOW....

I ended up paying off my vodafone contract early and switching to three.

It's been like night and day. I now get near flawless connections in most places. I can stream video, I can listen to music on car journeys streamed direct - all things I'd struggle with on Vodafone. And what's a call drop? or a data session drop

The one achilles heal is no coverage at work, but EVERYTHING ELSE is better. No competition. Oh and of course unlimited+tethering on 1plan too....

[qasdfdsaq]

You could try blagging a 3 home signal box for work :-p

[Aye Up]

This is far from my experience in and around manchester. Previously I was on Orange (contract) and though signal was strong I had zero data through-put (sic?). Trying to use a smartphone in the city centre was a joke, text were regularly failing to send and even making a phone call was a nightmare. This continues to be my experience to this day even using a PAYG mobile. This so called smartshare EE has implemented still doesn't work quite as well as they claim.

I moved to Vodafone about 3 years ago, whilst 3G coverage has not been amazing, most of the city centre is covered and I enjoyed decent enough speeds to allow me to email do a bit of streaming and the odd facebook/twitter update. I wasn't looking for vodafone to offer me exceptional coverage, just in areas where there is no wifi. For me it manages this superbly.

Oddly I went and bought a 4G SIMO from EE, the download speeds on 4G were well below the oft quoted standard. Regularly it stays below 8 meg....where as vodafone I am regularly achieving 20 meg plus. I understand both networks are at different stages in terms of the amount of people using them right now, but it proves a point to me the grass aint greener on the other side. Suffice to say I have ditched my EE simo and gone for Three payg sim which offers more consistent coverage and speeds than EE (and that isn't 4G either).