O2 (merged)

sean2003 · 21-08-2005, 17:17

Well in my collage Orange copes best

I want a SIM which can use any of the networks to get a signal

Ben1900 · 21-08-2005, 17:19

I'm using a nokia (see services) and by experience, they seem to be the best signal. My phone used to be on orange before i had it, but it got unlocked...

sean2003 · 21-08-2005, 17:47

I put an o2 sim in my phone yesterday which i have never used before, and could text

Just been chopping those one's up to fit in a twin sim thing... not bad wasting o2 SIMs

digitalwolf · 21-08-2005, 18:40

I take it you haven't tried Vodafone then.

O2 is rubbish,it always has been,always will be.

Gemz87uk · 21-08-2005, 19:59

That's normal. The online Sims have rules to the 300 free texts - you have to top up £10 on the same date every month or you may have to wait up to 72 hours for the free texts to be returned.

Read your terms and conditions next time

_Kilty_ · 21-08-2005, 21:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gemz87uk

That's normal. The online Sims have rules to the 300 free texts - you have to top up £10 on the same date every month or you may have to wait up to 72 hours for the free texts to be returned.

Read your terms and conditions next time

Couldnt find anything of that description in the T+Cs, but if that happens again I'll just phone em up and get the texts credited anyway

mjk79 · 21-08-2005, 21:51

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Originally Posted by Gemz87uk

The online Sims have rules to the 300 free texts - you have to top up £10 on the same date every month or you may have to wait up to 72 hours for the free texts to be returned.

I wonder when they'll start offering x number of minutes of a doctors time with phone bundles?

How about 300 text messages, 100 minutes of talktime and 10 minutes of doctors time credited each month to help with your fried brain after excessive use of the cell phone or assisted pain relief for those arthitic fingers when you get older after typing several hundred text messages each month?

Vashta Nerada · 21-08-2005, 22:14

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Originally Posted by _Kilty_

Was fairly impressed with the service when I started using one of those PAYG Online sims, now it is really annoying me

Topped up £10 today, still not getting free texts

Having to send texts twice as they are failing

Something tells me the CS department are gonna get an angry phone call soon

top up £15 & you will receive 150mins off peak mins to any network free + you get your 300 texts + you still have your £15

Best seller · 22-08-2005, 01:22

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Originally Posted by rudyroberts

Notice O2 is always popping up as a subject in this forum, mainly problems, (O2 suck, O2 3g, Tmobile buys O2, O2 registration) perhaps we should realise O2 isnt the best network to be on!

That is why they give away loads of sims,have you seen ebay recently,absolutely swamped,you couldn,t give em away.

I have stopped sending for them.

Ben1900 · 26-08-2005, 14:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by sean2003

Well in my collage Orange copes best

I want a SIM which can use any of the networks to get a signal

ok now i'm starting to think about wether O2 is worth it or not and should i port over to T-Mobile, Voda or Orange...

went to call someone the other day, i got the "3 beep tone" and texts are now starting to take ages to send...

samtman · 26-08-2005, 17:59

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Originally Posted by digitalwolf

I take it you haven't tried Vodafone then.

O2 is rubbish,it always has been,always will be.

Im on o2 now never had a problem. When I was on vodaphone couldn't get a signal in my house or in pub when on t-mobile no signal in pub or work. Thats why I changed to o2 always have a signal now

sean2003 · 26-08-2005, 18:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben1900

ok now i'm starting to think about wether O2 is worth it or not and should i port over to T-Mobile, Voda or Orange...

went to call someone the other day, i got the "3 beep tone" and texts are now starting to take ages to send...

I know, it's awfully annoying... would not be so bad if they had easy status reports for texts.. So you know if they do get there.

Vashta Nerada · 26-08-2005, 18:57

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Originally Posted by sean2003

I know, it's awfully annoying... would not be so bad if they had easy status reports for texts.. So you know if they do get there.

adding *0# before a text isnt exactly taxing is it?

craggers · 26-08-2005, 19:04

o2 doesnt support status reports does it

Vashta Nerada · 26-08-2005, 19:05

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Originally Posted by craggers

o2 doesnt support status reports does it

if you put *0# before your nessage you get a delivery report

Ben1900 · 26-08-2005, 19:06

nope, not proper ones anyway...

activate them and all you will get is "Pending" for every message you send

Vashta Nerada · 26-08-2005, 19:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben1900

nope, not proper ones anyway...

activate them and all you will get is "Pending" for every message you send

you get a msg saying if its been delivered or not, thats good enough for me.

Ben1900 · 26-08-2005, 20:04

by this time next Friday, i'll be a Vodafone, T-Mobile or Orange customer and i wont be on O2 anymore

which should i go for out of T-Mobile, Orange & Vodafone?

and if i want to join Orange, since my 6600 has been used on an Orange contract by a mate of mine (i bought it off him), would that effect me if i gave them the IMEI for it as its already registered in his name? (but he has a D500 on O2 contract now, the IMEI is written in the book for the 6600 but if it was contract, it would have been cancelled with Orange, in which case... The IMEI of the 6600 shouldn't be in anyone's name)

Steven L Hunter · 26-08-2005, 23:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben1900

by this time next Friday, i'll be a Vodafone, T-Mobile or Orange customer and i wont be on O2 anymore

which should i go for out of T-Mobile, Orange & Vodafone?

and if i want to join Orange, since my 6600 has been used on an Orange contract by a mate of mine (i bought it off him), would that effect me if i gave them the IMEI for it as its already registered in his name? (but he has a D500 on O2 contract now, the IMEI is written in the book for the 6600 but if it was contract, it would have been cancelled with Orange, in which case... The IMEI of the 6600 shouldn't be in anyone's name)

Go for T-Mobile, great service never any problems.

Ben1900 · 27-08-2005, 00:01

too late, i've gone Voda

Mr Cable · 27-08-2005, 00:04

Ben - what is the longest you've ever stayed on the one network?

mattworld · 27-08-2005, 00:20

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Originally Posted by Ben1900

too late, i've gone Voda

I did the same thing when O2 'lost' my mobile number, I went back to voda because I was with them for 4 years without a problem on contract (went the PAYG route on O2 and Virgin about 6 months ago)

I have no regrets about moving back, the network is really reliable, I get coverage & delivery reports and my voicemail is emailed to me. Its a great service. For me it works out about £2 a month more expensive than O2 did, but its definately worth it.

BexTech · 27-08-2005, 01:35

As you were an O2 customer, you will be used to the lower sound/call quality of the 900MHz networks, if you want phone calls to sound clear and as if from a good landline then a 1800MHz network like T-Mobile or Orange is the one to go for.

From a landline or 1800MHz phone you can always tell whether the person you are talking to is using a 1800MHz network or 900MHz network.

lee11168 · 27-08-2005, 12:37

here you go http://freesim.o2.co.uk/messages.php

Vashta Nerada · 27-08-2005, 12:37

God i dont need anymore iv had 12 through the post this week!

21-08-2005, 17:17	#26
sean2003 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Reading Posts: 2,618	Well in my collage Orange copes best I want a SIM which can use any of the networks to get a signal

21-08-2005, 17:19	#27
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	I'm using a nokia (see services) and by experience, they seem to be the best signal. My phone used to be on orange before i had it, but it got unlocked...

21-08-2005, 17:47	#28
sean2003 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Reading Posts: 2,618	I put an o2 sim in my phone yesterday which i have never used before, and could text Just been chopping those one's up to fit in a twin sim thing... not bad wasting o2 SIMs

21-08-2005, 18:40	#29
digitalwolf Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1,439	I take it you haven't tried Vodafone then. O2 is rubbish,it always has been,always will be.

21-08-2005, 19:59	#30
Gemz87uk Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cornwall UK Posts: 518	That's normal. The online Sims have rules to the 300 free texts - you have to top up £10 on the same date every month or you may have to wait up to 72 hours for the free texts to be returned. Read your terms and conditions next time

21-08-2005, 21:25	#31
_Kilty_ Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Central Scotland Posts: 56	Quote: Originally Posted by Gemz87uk That's normal. The online Sims have rules to the 300 free texts - you have to top up £10 on the same date every month or you may have to wait up to 72 hours for the free texts to be returned. Read your terms and conditions next time Couldnt find anything of that description in the T+Cs, but if that happens again I'll just phone em up and get the texts credited anyway

21-08-2005, 21:51	#32
mjk79 Forum Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Central London Posts: 6,845	Quote: Originally Posted by Gemz87uk The online Sims have rules to the 300 free texts - you have to top up £10 on the same date every month or you may have to wait up to 72 hours for the free texts to be returned. I wonder when they'll start offering x number of minutes of a doctors time with phone bundles? How about 300 text messages, 100 minutes of talktime and 10 minutes of doctors time credited each month to help with your fried brain after excessive use of the cell phone or assisted pain relief for those arthitic fingers when you get older after typing several hundred text messages each month?

21-08-2005, 22:14	#33
Vashta Nerada Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Barry, South Wales Posts: 4,382	Quote: Originally Posted by _Kilty_ Was fairly impressed with the service when I started using one of those PAYG Online sims, now it is really annoying me Topped up £10 today, still not getting free texts Having to send texts twice as they are failing Something tells me the CS department are gonna get an angry phone call soon top up £15 & you will receive 150mins off peak mins to any network free + you get your 300 texts + you still have your £15

22-08-2005, 01:22	#34
Best seller Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 257	Quote: Originally Posted by rudyroberts Notice O2 is always popping up as a subject in this forum, mainly problems, (O2 suck, O2 3g, Tmobile buys O2, O2 registration) perhaps we should realise O2 isnt the best network to be on! That is why they give away loads of sims,have you seen ebay recently,absolutely swamped,you couldn,t give em away. I have stopped sending for them.

26-08-2005, 14:38	#35
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	Quote: Originally Posted by sean2003 Well in my collage Orange copes best I want a SIM which can use any of the networks to get a signal ok now i'm starting to think about wether O2 is worth it or not and should i port over to T-Mobile, Voda or Orange... went to call someone the other day, i got the "3 beep tone" and texts are now starting to take ages to send...

26-08-2005, 17:59	#36
samtman Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Manchester Posts: 1,338	Quote: Originally Posted by digitalwolf I take it you haven't tried Vodafone then. O2 is rubbish,it always has been,always will be. Im on o2 now never had a problem. When I was on vodaphone couldn't get a signal in my house or in pub when on t-mobile no signal in pub or work. Thats why I changed to o2 always have a signal now

26-08-2005, 18:54	#37
sean2003 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Reading Posts: 2,618	Quote: Originally Posted by Ben1900 ok now i'm starting to think about wether O2 is worth it or not and should i port over to T-Mobile, Voda or Orange... went to call someone the other day, i got the "3 beep tone" and texts are now starting to take ages to send... I know, it's awfully annoying... would not be so bad if they had easy status reports for texts.. So you know if they do get there.

26-08-2005, 18:57	#38
Vashta Nerada Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Barry, South Wales Posts: 4,382	Quote: Originally Posted by sean2003 I know, it's awfully annoying... would not be so bad if they had easy status reports for texts.. So you know if they do get there. adding *0# before a text isnt exactly taxing is it?

26-08-2005, 19:04	#39
craggers Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Preston Posts: 3,605	o2 doesnt support status reports does it

26-08-2005, 19:05	#40
Vashta Nerada Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Barry, South Wales Posts: 4,382	Quote: Originally Posted by craggers o2 doesnt support status reports does it if you put *0# before your nessage you get a delivery report

26-08-2005, 19:06	#41
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	nope, not proper ones anyway... activate them and all you will get is "Pending" for every message you send

26-08-2005, 19:08	#42
Vashta Nerada Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Barry, South Wales Posts: 4,382	Quote: Originally Posted by Ben1900 nope, not proper ones anyway... activate them and all you will get is "Pending" for every message you send you get a msg saying if its been delivered or not, thats good enough for me.

26-08-2005, 20:04	#43
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	by this time next Friday, i'll be a Vodafone, T-Mobile or Orange customer and i wont be on O2 anymore which should i go for out of T-Mobile, Orange & Vodafone? and if i want to join Orange, since my 6600 has been used on an Orange contract by a mate of mine (i bought it off him), would that effect me if i gave them the IMEI for it as its already registered in his name? (but he has a D500 on O2 contract now, the IMEI is written in the book for the 6600 but if it was contract, it would have been cancelled with Orange, in which case... The IMEI of the 6600 shouldn't be in anyone's name)

26-08-2005, 23:46	#44
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Quote: Originally Posted by Ben1900 by this time next Friday, i'll be a Vodafone, T-Mobile or Orange customer and i wont be on O2 anymore which should i go for out of T-Mobile, Orange & Vodafone? and if i want to join Orange, since my 6600 has been used on an Orange contract by a mate of mine (i bought it off him), would that effect me if i gave them the IMEI for it as its already registered in his name? (but he has a D500 on O2 contract now, the IMEI is written in the book for the 6600 but if it was contract, it would have been cancelled with Orange, in which case... The IMEI of the 6600 shouldn't be in anyone's name) Go for T-Mobile, great service never any problems.

27-08-2005, 00:01	#45
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	too late, i've gone Voda

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27-08-2005, 00:04	#46
Mr Cable Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 2,868	Ben - what is the longest you've ever stayed on the one network?

27-08-2005, 00:20	#47
mattworld Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 701	Quote: Originally Posted by Ben1900 too late, i've gone Voda I did the same thing when O2 'lost' my mobile number, I went back to voda because I was with them for 4 years without a problem on contract (went the PAYG route on O2 and Virgin about 6 months ago) I have no regrets about moving back, the network is really reliable, I get coverage & delivery reports and my voicemail is emailed to me. Its a great service. For me it works out about £2 a month more expensive than O2 did, but its definately worth it.

27-08-2005, 01:35	#48
BexTech Banned User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Back where I belong. Posts: 12,574	As you were an O2 customer, you will be used to the lower sound/call quality of the 900MHz networks, if you want phone calls to sound clear and as if from a good landline then a 1800MHz network like T-Mobile or Orange is the one to go for. From a landline or 1800MHz phone you can always tell whether the person you are talking to is using a 1800MHz network or 900MHz network.

27-08-2005, 12:37	#49
lee11168 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: darwen Posts: 98	here you go http://freesim.o2.co.uk/messages.php