Three bought O2 in Ireland. It didn't go so well.
Some O2 customers were mandatorily moved to a new Three tariff, losing perks and price plans that had been in place years. They also ended up paying more with useless Three customer service in India. In addition some O2 masts were decommissioned and others merged into Three's network, meaning that network coverage actually degraded for some - they lost the nearby O2 mast and were pushed onto an over subscribed 3G mast further away. Overall O2 customers generally got the rough end of the deal.
Add to that the MVNOs that used to mast share with O2 still have not been fully integrated into the Three network. My coverage has degraded on a MVNO as it constantly jumps between Three and O2 legacy masts, leading to dropped calls.
Since there was now one less mobile phone carrier Three then increased their prices while the regulator just stuffed the brown envelope in his pocket no doubt....
Bad news for the consumer really.
One of the hundreds of threads about coverage issues...
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057424850/1
Some O2 customers were mandatorily moved to a new Three tariff, losing perks and price plans that had been in place years. They also ended up paying more with useless Three customer service in India. In addition some O2 masts were decommissioned and others merged into Three's network, meaning that network coverage actually degraded for some - they lost the nearby O2 mast and were pushed onto an over subscribed 3G mast further away. Overall O2 customers generally got the rough end of the deal.
Add to that the MVNOs that used to mast share with O2 still have not been fully integrated into the Three network. My coverage has degraded on a MVNO as it constantly jumps between Three and O2 legacy masts, leading to dropped calls.
Since there was now one less mobile phone carrier Three then increased their prices while the regulator just stuffed the brown envelope in his pocket no doubt....
Bad news for the consumer really.
One of the hundreds of threads about coverage issues...
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057424850/1



