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Old 21-08-2005, 17:17
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Well in my collage Orange copes best

I want a SIM which can use any of the networks to get a signal
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Old 21-08-2005, 17:19
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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...
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Old 21-08-2005, 17:47
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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
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Old 21-08-2005, 18:40
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I take it you haven't tried Vodafone then.

O2 is rubbish,it always has been,always will be.
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Old 21-08-2005, 19:59
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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
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Old 21-08-2005, 21:25
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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
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Old 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?
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Old 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
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Old 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.
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Old 26-08-2005, 14:38
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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...
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Old 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
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Old 26-08-2005, 18:54
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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.
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Old 26-08-2005, 18:57
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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?
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Old 26-08-2005, 19:04
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o2 doesnt support status reports does it
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Old 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
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Old 26-08-2005, 19:06
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nope, not proper ones anyway...

activate them and all you will get is "Pending" for every message you send
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Old 26-08-2005, 19:08
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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.
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Old 26-08-2005, 20:04
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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)
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Old 26-08-2005, 23:46
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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.
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Old 27-08-2005, 00:01
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too late, i've gone Voda
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Old 27-08-2005, 00:04
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Ben - what is the longest you've ever stayed on the one network?
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Old 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.
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Old 27-08-2005, 01:35
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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.
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Old 27-08-2005, 12:37
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here you go http://freesim.o2.co.uk/messages.php
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Old 27-08-2005, 12:37
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God i dont need anymore iv had 12 through the post this week!
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