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Old 25-11-2014, 13:51
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When it is working, like most things, Three is brilliant. But there are times, the lack of data or phone service absolutely annoys me and this has been more often in the last 4 months I have been with Three than the last good few years I was with O2.
I agree. When you have a signal Three is brilliant with a typically fast and reliable service. However there are too many places (typically indoors) that I found when using Three that you will have no signal. I have the same problem on EE unfortunately.
Fully agree with you both. I had a terible 2 years with Three and had the same problems like yours plus more. Glad i'm back with O2 now!
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Old 25-11-2014, 16:43
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You're the first person I've met who's happier on O2 than Three.
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Old 25-11-2014, 17:04
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Three is way way better than o2

Shame about their latest stunt with their customers to get them off old tariffs.
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Old 25-11-2014, 17:19
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"Three is way better than O2" - care to clarify?

I agree but not entirely.
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Old 25-11-2014, 19:08
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Think I've misled slightly when I said volte what I actually meant was ios8 wifi calling. I've used the 3 in touch app with very mixed results and if I'm honest more bad than good
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Old 25-11-2014, 19:18
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"Three is way better than O2" - care to clarify?

I agree but not entirely.
I went on a mini tour of the uk last year and I had a three sim then. I kept my wife on O2 and that allowed me to compare coverage, 3G coverage mainly and speeds. Three were vastly superior for 3G coverage, even very rural locations where I didn't even have 2g on O2.

Speeds were also vastly superior, much quicker In all cases afaik.

Call quality was also superior

Prices and value for money was also much better even though we were on legacy O2 iPhone sim only £20 unlimited data plans. What's the point of unlimited data that's slow in comparison.

In all respects three was and is better than O2 In my opinion. To be fair to O2 I've tried to stay balanced but u can't think of anything where O2 is better. Maybe the fact they never meddled with my contract.
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Old 25-11-2014, 19:43
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O2's 2G's coverage beats 3's 3G coverage in my experience (and objectively as it's a fact that it covers a larger area), 3G is a lot worse though as you said.
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Old 25-11-2014, 19:52
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I would agree 3 are much better than o2. I was with o2 for years. Coverage and costumer service were crap. I, ve have no complaints with 3 , been with them for 12 months
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Old 25-11-2014, 23:13
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I go to Denmark, Norway and Ireland quite a bit. All three at home countries. No roaming costs or daily fees for low cost usage etc. Can't beat it.
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Old 26-11-2014, 11:22
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You're the first person I've met who's happier on O2 than Three.
Yep well happy, i'm not being lied to about mast repairs for the duration of my contract like i was with Three, no mast congestion where i work and 1 bar where i live.

I dont have to moan at Three every month, sometimes every week, about the lack of performance that i was paying for.

I admit O2's 3G is poor but i get great speeds with their 4G and the coverage is good.

I've had no complaints with O2 since i've been back with them....so far.


Three is way way better than o2
Not in my case it's not.

No network is fantastic everywhere i know that, it just so happens 02 is good for me in the places i need it to be.
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Old 26-11-2014, 11:33
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Not in my case it's not.

No network is fantastic everywhere I know that, it just so happens 3 is good for me in the places I need it to be.

Another pointless statement.
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Old 26-11-2014, 11:35
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I go to Denmark, Norway and Ireland quite a bit. All three at home countries. No roaming costs or daily fees for low cost usage etc. Can't beat it.
shame they don't include Spain, which is where i reckon the majority of Three customers would want to use it.

i wonder if that's the reason why Spain isn't included, as it would end up costing them too much to provide it.
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Old 26-11-2014, 16:59
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No, it's because there is no Three network in Spain.
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Old 26-11-2014, 17:02
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No, it's because there is no Three network in Spain.
so there's a Three network in Macau?
surely it's just countries that have set up a roaming agreement with.
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Old 26-11-2014, 17:09
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There is.
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Old 26-11-2014, 17:15
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Is there a 3 network in America?
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Old 26-11-2014, 17:15
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so there's a Three network in Macau?
surely it's just countries that have set up a roaming agreement with.
Yes, Three have a network in Macau. Three's owned by Hutchison Whampoa which is a far eastern company listed in Hong Kong

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchison_3G
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Old 26-11-2014, 17:53
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Is there a 3 network in America?
America is the exception, they probably make a loss in that market.

However, there is a T-Mobile network in America, so maybe they have a special deal as Deutsche Telekom is part of MBNL as (half of) EE and Three is the other half.
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Old 26-11-2014, 17:55
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They're probably negotiating reciprocal arrangements so those networks can use Three UK for reduced or free roaming. Rather than paying shed loads of money.
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Old 26-11-2014, 17:59
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Let's be honest, the roaming charges are tiny anyway.
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Old 26-11-2014, 18:00
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Let's be honest, the roaming charges are tiny anyway.
are they?
if, for example, i went to Spain for 7 days... what are the roaming charges for data?
not that tiny i would bet.
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Old 26-11-2014, 18:01
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For the operator I meant.
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Old 26-11-2014, 18:02
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For the operator I meant.
not for the end-user though
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Old 26-11-2014, 18:30
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But that's not what I said!
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Old 26-11-2014, 18:34
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But that's not what I said!
well if we are being technical, you simply said the roaming charges were tiny.
you didn't specifically say whether you were talking about operator or end-user charges. you only stated that after i posed the question of "how tiny".

the cost between operators is totally irrelevant when it comes to the end-user, which we all are.
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