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sean2003
27-08-2005
Well, i made a call on vodafone last night. And was intending on using a good amount of my 60 mins, since i had already paid for the 3 i need!

And after 11 mins.. beep beep beep.

I'd been cut off

I was calling an Orange phone which is very close to a trasmitter, don't think it would have been that.

So pay for 3 mins, and talk for as long as we keep you connected?
Ben1900
27-08-2005
and i cant register with orange because they told me their registration systems are down and asked me if i could call back in an hour
Vashta Nerada
27-08-2005
o2 is fine again for me the last few days(touch wood)
ney
16-09-2005
02 has been working almost fine with me for nearly just over two weeks but a short time ago it tane me two trys to send a text like it did a few weeks ago. Than it tane at lest 4 or 5mins for the delvery report to come back to say it got to the other end. Its like 02 cant go a full month now without some minor thing going on with there network.

Darren
Ben1900
16-09-2005
Originally Posted by Ben1900:
“and i cant register with orange because they told me their registration systems are down and asked me if i could call back in an hour ”

been on orange for 3 weeks now (nearly a month!) <--- Happy Customer
lee18xx
16-09-2005
Originally Posted by Ben1900:
“been on orange for 3 weeks now (nearly a month!) <--- Happy Customer ”

been on Orange for 2 weeks now (nearly 1/2 a month!) <--- Also a happy customer



Never thought I'd see them two words in the same sentance....ME and ORANGE
UMRO
17-09-2005
I got 8 new style o2 cards in post this morning - they are alot thinner and hopefully only cost 30p each to post rather than 46p for ebay lololol
KrisReynolds
18-09-2005
O2 has been fine for me lately
PFMprod
22-11-2005
Originally Posted by BexTech:
“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.”

Thats all well and dandy BexTech, as long as you can actually receive a good signal. The 1800Mhz networks are great if you live and work next to a transmitter and never venture away from your town or city. As I'm sure you are aware, the higher frequency doesn't travel as far as the 900Mhz networks (approx half the distance for the same radiated power), nor does it permiate brick or concrete as well so 'in building' coverage is also not as good.

I take a lot of car and train journeys for my job and as far as the 1800 Mhz networks go you can forget it, the coverage away from conurbations is at best patchy, with the phones constantly 'hunting' for the next cell. The 900Mhz networks are much more stable. Oh, and don't forget, both O2 and Vodafone can and do use both frequencies in areas where the call volumes are of a higher density. The T-mobile and Orange can't even if they wanted to.

A lot of the O2 network was set up when it was BT Cellnet. This has the advantage that a lot of the major cells are 'hard wired' to the country's major land line network making it more stable and less prone to 'falling over'. No other network has this, they all use rf backhauls.

The O2 network is technically superior to the others.

Therefore, anyone using a mobile as a serious means of being in touch should, in my humble opinion choose either Vodafone or O2.

In my experience Vodafone are more expensive, the coverage isn't as good and their customer service poor. Over several years I have tried other networks to get better deals, new phones etc, but I now know that only O2 can offer me the best coverage and a good 'customer experience' for the right money. I can't remember the last time I had any sort of problem with them.


Ben1800, don't be swayed by people on these forums, 95% don't have a clue what they are talking about. Make up your own mind by your own experiences.
BexTech
22-11-2005
Originally Posted by PFMprod:
“ As I'm sure you are aware, the higher frequency doesn't travel as far as the 900Mhz networks (approx half the distance for the same radiated power), nor does it permiate brick or concrete as well so 'in building' coverage is also not as good.”

This is true, you do need more 1800 Mhz transmitters to cover the same area.

Vodafone can be dearer and most often is compared to O2, the only trouble with O2 other than the lower call quality is the often constant dropped calls.

The only trouble with Vodafone for me other than the lower call quality, in there are too many areas in Birmingham with no coverage.

Being field service myself, I to have to travel 1000+ miles per week, for the vast amount of my job the 1800Mhz network is fine, I do however have both O2 and Vodafone SIMs available in a spare phone, on the odd occasion I get no signal with my main 1800Mhz network or my backup 1800Mkz network.
PFMprod
22-11-2005
Originally Posted by BexTech:
“This is true, you do need more 1800 Mhz transmitters to cover the same area.

Vodafone can be dearer and most often is compared to O2, the only trouble with O2 other than the lower call quality is the often constant dropped calls.

The only trouble with Vodafone for me other than the lower call quality, in there are too many areas in Birmingham with no coverage.

Being field service myself, I to have to travel 1000+ miles per week, for the vast amount of my job the 1800Mhz network is fine, I do however have both O2 and Vodafone SIMs available in a spare phone, on the odd occasion I get no signal with my main 1800Mhz network or my backup 1800Mkz network.”

Whilst I appreciate that technically the audio quality of the 1800Mhz network may be 'measurably' better, I don't personally feel the difference is so noticably great as to make much difference. 35 million O2 and Vodafone customers in the UK don't seem to mind. I think a lot of audio quality differences are in the handsets themselves but most people buy them because they 'look good'.

When I was with Orange, I used to put my old Nokia 6210 with Vodafone PAYG sim in the glovebox just in case too. That was until someone broke in and nicked it, B@5ta*ds!


At the end of the day it's all about personal preference and whatever suits you.

Have a good afternoon
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