Originally Posted by tvlooker:
“Who gives a toss. Just want a phone that works and texes.3G is a waste of time never going to use my phone as a tv got one at home to watch. In fact the 3G network shop near me is empty even though phones are like £5”
Thats fine for your use, but mobile data is very useful and important to a large number of people, mobile broadband is becoming more and more popular and many people use data on their phone.
For myself i use the 3g data on my phone most days of the week and 3g coverage is of great importance to me.
2g and edge just dont cut it for data.
I admit i never use mobile tv, but I do frequently download podcasts straight to my n95 try doing that on 2g!!
It comes down to different usage models some people only need voice and text and hence 2g fine, but 02 is missing out on a growing market of mobile data.
Look at vodafone offeing 7.2mbs data thats twice as fast as a lot of peoples home broadband.