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Which mobile phone network do you prefer? |
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| O2 |
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174 | 29.85% |
| T-Mobile |
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64 | 10.98% |
| Virgin Mobile |
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64 | 10.98% |
| Orange |
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114 | 19.55% |
| Vodafone |
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94 | 16.12% |
| Tesco Mobile |
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14 | 2.40% |
| Fresh Mobile |
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1 | 0.17% |
| 3 |
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46 | 7.89% |
| BT Mobile |
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0 | 0% |
| easyMobile |
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10 | 1.72% |
| Mobile World |
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0 | 0% |
| M&S Mobile |
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0 | 0% |
| TalkTalk Mobile |
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0 | 0% |
| Sim4Travel |
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2 | 0.34% |
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#26 |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by Emre5
Not to mention the 15p a min for the first 5 mins then 5p after that. A 60 min call for £3.50, brilliant.
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#27 |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
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O2, obviously
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#28 |
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: London
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Originally Posted by StevenGray16
Oh right no need to be rude I just didn't know.
not being rude, it was just a joke, hence the smiley! Lighten up!
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#29 |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Originally Posted by salman79uk
not being rude, it was just a joke, hence the smiley!
Lighten up! ![]()
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#30 |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Swansea
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I use Virgin pay as u go (which uses T-mobile network), it seems to be one of the cheapest, the only problem I have had is with the coverage, the signal is poor in some areas. I also use Vodafone with a dual SIM switch for better coverage, but it is quite expensive.
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#31 |
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The wilds of West Tyrone
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Originally Posted by StevenGray16
Why are people picking O2 thats what i dont understand? I mean they have bad service, crap network and all these faults.
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#32 |
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Liverpool
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o2 are well out in front
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#33 |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
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Originally Posted by StevenGray16
Why are people picking O2 thats what i dont understand? I mean they have bad service, crap network and all these faults.
Crap Network - What part of the network is 'crap'? Bit of a sweeping statement isn't it? I mean how can it be crap when there are over 16million customers using it? Faults - Let me know what faults and i will tell you what can be done to help. |
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#34 |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Barry, South Wales
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Originally Posted by Garyo2
Bad Service - all networks will have customers who are not happy with their network. O2 have 16 million 330 thousand and 40 customers (at last publication). If only 0.1% of customers are unhappy this is still over 16 thousand unhappy customers that wont be happy. I reckon the amount of very dissatisfied customers is much, much less than you think.
Crap Network - What part of the network is 'crap'? Bit of a sweeping statement isn't it? I mean how can it be crap when there are over 16million customers using it? Faults - Let me know what faults and i will tell you what can be done to help. |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
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Originally Posted by robcole2004
O2 have had quite a few problems in the last 12months with periods when the network was down. But i think their c/s has improved greatly.
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#36 |
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Birmingham
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Used to swear by o2, Previous employee of carphone warehouse..... only really ever sold o2. My partner is an o2 employee, but we have both recently switched to 3 as have both encountered problems with o2.
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#37 |
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Join Date: May 2004
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I have used Orange, O2 (when it was Cellnet), and One2One/T-Mobile - and more recently Virgin Mobile. Technically, I found Orange to be the best network, O2 at the time where I live was un-usable (only had the contract a few weeks), and was with One2One/T-Mobile quite some time. I was very happy with Virgin Mobile - very good value for money, and excellent customer service (by far the best I have recevied) - only occasional technical issues. Free voicemail is also essential - I don't think networks should be allowed to charge for this, or itemised billing like Orange are doing now. However, now Virgin Mobile have merged with NTL, I am seriously considering changing again, probably back to Orange Pay-As-You-Go.
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#38 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 190
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Orange for me
ExcellentThe Futures Bright, The Futures Orange
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#39 |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 10,517
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DELETED sorry wrong thread
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#40 |
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Orange pay as you go for me. 3000 free evening and weekend texts a month to any network and 15p an hour anytime calls to an Orange number of your choice for topping up £15 a month. Beauty is they don;t take the £15 so it stays on your phone as credit
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#41 |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 1,259
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vodafone for me, any day of the week. but then, i rarely use it now!
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#42 |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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My number should be moved to O2 by tomorrow. Movin from Virgin, not that I dont like the servie on Virgin, in fact its probably the best I've had on a mobile network.
Moving because O2 do the 300 free texts a month with 1MB wap a month, and I text a lot so will save me a lot of money and is a very good deal ![]() Salt
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#43 |
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I really cant understand how o2 has become so popular. Well i can actually i initially had a genie sim with the 300 free texts a month but got so frustrated with texts not arriving, having network busy messages and such forth that i went back to orange. Admitidley oranges coverages isnt as good as o2s but at least i know that when i have signal everything works as it should do.
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#44 |
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Bournemouth
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As I said on another thread, O2 is the most appalling network. Numerous faults, including...
[list][*]A rubbish insurance policy - charging me an excess unless I choose not to have a phone for X days.[*]Awful customer service where on average I have to wait 15 minutes listening to whale music[*]NO free broadband like Orange (where in effect my line rental would be ten quid a month and not £30 like it would be with O2 - therefore saving me £20 a month for the free 8 Meg connection)[*]Crap parcel tracking of your order so much so they link to the incorrect DHL web-site on their emails.[*]Reception is as good as any other network in my area.[*]If I want to upgrade my handset and it is out of stock, I have to ring back and waste more of my money on an 0870 number which I have to pay for - unlike Orange where it is free - they would not allow me to pre-order. So I have/had the lottery of ringing next time for 20 minutes, not knowing if the handset is in stock or not[*]The ridiculous rigmorol of quoting your phone number, your full name, address line 1, address line 2, postcode, place of birth, mothers maiden name, and birthday - all to ask a simple question of whether a phone is in stock. Apparently they can't do this without the Spanish inquisition.[/list] O2 is in front because they have cheap deals. This is reflected in the fact that they employ about five people to manage millions of customers. So, sorry, not for me I'm afraid.
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#45 |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Barry, South Wales
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Originally Posted by SamDavis
As I said on another thread, O2 is the most appalling network. Numerous faults, including...[list][*]A rubbish insurance policy - charging me an excess unless I choose not to have a phone for X days.[*]Awful customer service where on average I have to wait 15 minutes listening to whale music[*]NO free broadband like Orange (where in effect my line rental would be ten quid a month with as many minutes as O2 if you pay 35 quid)[*]Crap parcel tracking of your order so much so they link to the incorrect DHL web-site[*]Reception is as good as any other network in my area.[*]If I want to upgrade my handset and it is out of stock, I have to ring back and waste more of my money on an 0870 number which I have to pay for - unlike Orange where it is free - they would not allow me to pre-order. So I have/had the lottery of ringing next time for 20 minutes, not knowing if the handset is in stock or not[*]The ridiculous rigmorol of quoting your phone number, your full name, address line 1, address line 2, postcode, place of birth, mothers maiden name, and birthday - all to ask a simple question of whether a phone is in stock. Apparently they can't do this without the Spanish inquisition.[/list]O2 is in front because they have cheap deals. This is reflected in the fact that they employ about five people to manage millions of customers.
So, sorry, not for me I'm afraid. ![]() Since o2 is owned by Telefonica(a Spainish company) the Spanish inquistion makes perfect sense |
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#46 |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SamDavis
As I said on another thread, O2 is the most appalling network. Numerous faults, including...
[list][*]A rubbish insurance policy - charging me an excess unless I choose not to have a phone for X days.[*]Awful customer service where on average I have to wait 15 minutes listening to whale music[*]NO free broadband like Orange (where in effect my line rental would be ten quid a month and not £30 like it would be with O2 - therefore saving me £20 a month for the free 8 Meg connection)[*]Crap parcel tracking of your order so much so they link to the incorrect DHL web-site on their emails.[*]Reception is as good as any other network in my area.[*]If I want to upgrade my handset and it is out of stock, I have to ring back and waste more of my money on an 0870 number which I have to pay for - unlike Orange where it is free - they would not allow me to pre-order. So I have/had the lottery of ringing next time for 20 minutes, not knowing if the handset is in stock or not[*]The ridiculous rigmorol of quoting your phone number, your full name, address line 1, address line 2, postcode, place of birth, mothers maiden name, and birthday - all to ask a simple question of whether a phone is in stock. Apparently they can't do this without the Spanish inquisition.[/list] O2 is in front because they have cheap deals. This is reflected in the fact that they employ about five people to manage millions of customers. So, sorry, not for me I'm afraid. ![]() *I would say 15 minutes was the longest you have waited, its certainly not average. * Orange have only just launched the freebroadband, Orange bought out Wanadoo. O2 have bought out Be Broadband so who knows what the future holds. *Parcel tracking is done by DHL so its only as good as the service DHL offer. The tracking number is forwarded to you by the warehouse. The link has recently changed to the DHL page as my favourites no longer works. This will be flagged for you. |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Barry, South Wales
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Orange didnt buy out wannado it was just a name change orange & wannado are both owned by France telecom & since wannado has a bad name & orange hasnt it made sense to rebrand.
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#48 |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by robcole2004
Orange didnt buy out wannado it was just a name change orange & wannado are both owned by France telecom & since wannado has a bad name & orange hasnt it made sense to rebrand.
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#49 |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Barry, South Wales
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Originally Posted by Garyo2
You'd have thought i'd have known that working for the company that provide Orange Broadband support lol. All i heard was it was a rebranding and just assumed. Learn something every day.
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SamDavis
As I said on another thread, O2 is the most appalling network. Numerous faults, including...
[*]NO free broadband like Orange (where in effect my line rental would be ten quid a month and not £30 like it would be with O2 - therefore saving me £20 a month for the free 8 Meg connection) I expect a mobile phone service from a mobile phone network, not crap quality broadband. I would pay an ISP of my choosing to provide me with better quality broadband. |
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