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Old 26-07-2006, 17:47
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It's so bad I can't believe it to be a Vodafone problem. So help me out here Vodafone users - does anyone else have reception problems? Mine comes and goes constantly. In my house I have NO SIGNAL at all. O2, T-Mobile and 3 are all perfect in my house.



Could it be my Nokia N80 phone perhaps? I don't know a single person who uses Vodafone to do a comparison check. Bummer.
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Old 26-07-2006, 18:03
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Well to be honest i dont know what people like that much about vodafone. I know that the boast that they have a good coverage of the UK, but whenever i look at my mates phone its always 2-3 bars which is what vodafone must call 'acceptable coverage!'

Maybe theres a mast problem in your area? Have you tried phoning them about your problem?
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Old 26-07-2006, 18:12
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Originally Posted by nockie3
Well to be honest i dont know what people like that much about vodafone. I know that the boast that they have a good coverage of the UK, but whenever i look at my mates phone its always 2-3 bars which is what vodafone must call 'acceptable coverage!'

Maybe theres a mast problem in your area? Have you tried phoning them about your problem?
Yeah, naturally Vodafone are telling me the signal in Glasgow is tops. Which is why I suspect my phone. I'm having problems all over the city, not just at home. I've read in a few places the antenna on the N80 is a dog. Shame, it's a nice phone apart from that.
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Old 26-07-2006, 18:14
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I have probs too. My dad has got a philips savvy 0n O2, full signal everywhere.
My shiny Nokia on Vodafone struggles to keep up with it.
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Old 26-07-2006, 18:19
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Originally Posted by mikw
I have probs too. My dad has got a philips savvy 0n O2, full signal everywhere.
My shiny Nokia on Vodafone struggles to keep up with it.
Oh no that's bad news mik. It would appear I've just signed an 18 month contract with a bum network. Ah well, you live and learn. My first and last with Vodafone then.
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Old 26-07-2006, 18:24
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Originally Posted by Mr Red
Oh no that's bad news mik. It would appear I've just signed an 18 month contract with a bum network. Ah well, you live and learn. My first and last with Vodafone then.
Sorry to hear that, luckily i'm only on Pay as you go! From personal experience i would say that O2 is prob the best, but we all have our favourites.
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Old 26-07-2006, 19:56
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I was on vodafone for 5 months and even in the middle of London I never got full signal.
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Old 27-07-2006, 10:44
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My mate has a crap 3g signal! im on t-mobile and mine is sooo much better than him.
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Old 27-07-2006, 17:49
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i've been on Vodafone 8yrs, never had a problem with signal.

Mine's generally always full. Using a K750i.
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Old 27-07-2006, 18:10
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Originally Posted by Mr Red
Oh no that's bad news mik. It would appear I've just signed an 18 month contract with a bum network. Ah well, you live and learn. My first and last with Vodafone then.
How long since you signed up? There is usualy a 7day cooling off period.
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Old 27-07-2006, 18:20
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Originally Posted by ryanwilliams479
I was on vodafone for 5 months and even in the middle of London I never got full signal.
If that's your experience then I have to believe what you say. Just to balance the discussion, I live on the edge of a small town if the west of England (countryside no more than 500 yards away from me) and have always had full signal from Vodafone using at different times a 6310i, 8310, T610 or W800i.
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Old 27-07-2006, 18:50
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Originally Posted by ryanwilliams479
I was on vodafone for 5 months and even in the middle of London I never got full signal.
Now that's interesting.

I was speaking to a guy today who works just off the old A13 in Dagenham who I know has been on Vodafone for years (company supplied), so's had quite a few handsets and I asked him what his signal was like - he told me he has always has a full signal (except when he is under that flyover) in and around Dagenham.

He did add that where he lives (Leigh on Sea), he got a reduced signal but could still make calls no problem.

I would be surprised that Vodafone do not have a good signal over central London - I remember the emergency services said their preferred suppliers in London are Vodafone & O2.


Edit: oh I see you have amended your location - I'm sure it said Dagenham yesterday, hence my asking this guy
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Old 28-07-2006, 18:08
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Vodafone do have good coverage over central London.

Emergency services should be using o2 AirWave by now.
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Old 28-07-2006, 21:32
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Originally Posted by dawson
Now that's interesting.

I was speaking to a guy today who works just off the old A13 in Dagenham who I know has been on Vodafone for years (company supplied), so's had quite a few handsets and I asked him what his signal was like - he told me he has always has a full signal (except when he is under that flyover) in and around Dagenham.

He did add that where he lives (Leigh on Sea), he got a reduced signal but could still make calls no problem.

I would be surprised that Vodafone do not have a good signal over central London - I remember the emergency services said their preferred suppliers in London are Vodafone & O2.


Edit: oh I see you have amended your location - I'm sure it said Dagenham yesterday, hence my asking this guy
It is Dagenham maybe its just my phone then im using a nokia 6230 which gets full signal on T-Mobile but only half I Vodafone. But I used to have a k700i on voda and that wasnt even half signal. Maybe I'm just picking the wrong phones lol.
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Old 28-07-2006, 21:57
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I too have had Vodaphone a number of years analogue and digital and travelled a bit about the country and it very rarely I have found a place where a signal is not satisfactory especially in the last two or three years. True I lose the signal inside buildings sometimes but outside it is no problem.

My son has the same model phone a Nokia, on Virgin, and he is constantly getting no signal at various locations, it is nowhere near as good a signal coverage.
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Old 28-07-2006, 21:59
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Originally Posted by Mr Red
It's so bad I can't believe it to be a Vodafone problem. So help me out here Vodafone users - does anyone else have reception problems? Mine comes and goes constantly. In my house I have NO SIGNAL at all. O2, T-Mobile and 3 are all perfect in my house.



Could it be my Nokia N80 phone perhaps? I don't know a single person who uses Vodafone to do a comparison check. Bummer.
I use Vodafone and the only place in my house i get a signal is right at the living room window, anywhere else is a no-no.
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Old 29-07-2006, 13:23
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I have been on Vodafone for almost 4 years, as have my mum and sister, we've never had any trouble with signal either. I'm almost always on full signal and have never had a dropped call.

One thing I tend to experience abroad is my phone changing from the Local vodafone network to another local network, meaning I sometimes get charged more for calls. This happened a lot when I was in Italy last year.
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Old 29-07-2006, 21:14
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You can always use SiteFinder "www.sitefinder.radio.gov.uk" and see where the nearest Vodafone base is? Could help you!
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Old 31-07-2006, 11:35
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I was on Orange for about 5 years, and had to leave due to bad signal quality. Before I left Orange, I tried a number of networks. As I travel around alot throughout the UK and Europe I needed a network which gave me the best overall quality.

I tried O2, and was very unimpressed, tried "3" and although signal was ok locally, it varied too much around the country. So, I decided to go to a Vodafone contract just over a year ago, and I have to say it gives me a signal where-ever I go, never has any problems locally, or through my travels around Wales and Europe.

As a back-up, I do keep a Virgin PAYG sim in my phone which I do change if the Vodafone network ever goes down (thankfully not gone down in my area in the time I have had it, unlike Orange which always had problems - and I've only ever used the Virgin SIM to text from Europe).

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Old 01-08-2006, 03:47
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The strength of signal doesn't matter, 2 bars is as good as full signal on digital because of the 'digital cliff' I believe they call it, but if it's dropping calls a lot then that's bad. Some handsets are much better than others, it's amazing the differnce between some brands / designs. I think the handset adjusts it's own tx power depending on the strength of the signal from the mast, so a good handset should make a differnce.
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Old 01-08-2006, 15:26
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Originally Posted by ryanwilliams479
It is Dagenham...
So have you moved now?

Because it's just struck me - Dagenham isn't in Essex is it?
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