Originally Posted by bikerlad:
“You do wonder why Three don't focus on the people using over 100GB a month first instead of the random approach they seem to be taking.”
“You do wonder why Three don't focus on the people using over 100GB a month first instead of the random approach they seem to be taking.”
I don't think it's really about data usage. I think even Three's limited spectrum can just about cope. It was about ARPU. People on £12.90 or £15 plans are just not worth having when you have an owner that wants Three to start paying its way, and to be ready to effectively take over O2 (which of course isn't now happening).
It couldn't jack up the price of a plan by £15 a month, so it just axed the old plan - with the obvious outrage that followed. It was still a problem of Three's making. Selling the One Plan too cheap (as I and others said throughout the time we had it) and really going to town on data, despite then slowing down the 4G rollout and even missing many targets.
Now that the distraction with O2 is hopefully over, maybe Three can get back to building its network, bid for some new spectrum, improve the 800 rollout, get VoLTE working on more devices (and also for 4G 1800) and get back to being the network I had very little to complain about two years ago.
It has lost its way. It has also lost of important staff, which is perhaps part of the problem. At the end of the day, there's always internal politics and it seems that Three perhaps needs a new sense of direction.




