T-Mobile/Three network coverage in Scotland?

"Bob Eager" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:11:30 UTC, David M
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Just one other thing: are three's voice message prompts less chavvy than
>> Orange's are now? ;-)
>
> It is less chavvy...at least so far (I only changed over yesterday!)
>
>> (Yes, believe it or not, that was a significant factor in finally pushing
>> me from just grumbling to thinking "Yeah, I really should look at
>> alternatives..")
>
> Same here. Glad it's not just me. Juliet Stevenson was fine,
> but the new one.... :-(
> Bob Eager
>
You mean the butchers daughter as she is known? ;-)
I bet Orange paid a fortune for her too!

3 Voicemail is very acceptable, operates much like Orange's,
and usually free or at least inclusive

Steve Terry

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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected]lid says...
> Ian wrote in scot.general
> > On 21 May, 17:17, David M <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Does anybody have any experience of what network coverage is like
> >> 'out in the wilds'?
> [..]
> > Otherwise [Three] roam (nowadays) onto Orange - so you're dependent on
> > their coverage.
>
> Thanks, that's very useful to know. Basically, that means if I switch to
> Three, I should at the very least be no worse off, coverage-wise, than I
> am at present!
>
> It sounds to me that Three should be a fairly safe move, then. I think
> that's what I'll do.
>
> Do you know whether, if your phone needs to switch from a Three cell to
> an Orange one, is it able to do it seamlessly, or do you lose the call,
> if you're making a call at the time?

Totally seamless.

Jim

"Jim Mason" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected]lid says...
>> Ian wrote in scot.general
>> > On 21 May, 17:17, David M <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Does anybody have any experience of what network coverage is like
>> >> 'out in the wilds'?
>> [..]
>> > Otherwise [Three] roam (nowadays) onto Orange - so you're dependent on
>> > their coverage.
>>
>> Thanks, that's very useful to know. Basically, that means if I switch to
>> Three, I should at the very least be no worse off, coverage-wise, than I
>> am at present!
>>
>> It sounds to me that Three should be a fairly safe move, then. I think
>> that's what I'll do.
>>
>> Do you know whether, if your phone needs to switch from a Three cell to
>> an Orange one, is it able to do it seamlessly, or do you lose the call,
>> if you're making a call at the time?
>
> Totally seamless.
> Jim
>
Is now, wasn't 3 or 4 years ago with lots of drop outs,
which lost 3 a lot of of it's customers.

Steve Terry

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
> "Jim Mason" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > [email protected]lid says...
> >> Ian wrote in scot.general
> >> > On 21 May, 17:17, David M <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Does anybody have any experience of what network coverage is like
> >> >> 'out in the wilds'?
> >> [..]
> >> > Otherwise [Three] roam (nowadays) onto Orange - so you're dependent on
> >> > their coverage.
> >>
> >> Thanks, that's very useful to know. Basically, that means if I switch to
> >> Three, I should at the very least be no worse off, coverage-wise, than I
> >> am at present!
> >>
> >> It sounds to me that Three should be a fairly safe move, then. I think
> >> that's what I'll do.
> >>
> >> Do you know whether, if your phone needs to switch from a Three cell to
> >> an Orange one, is it able to do it seamlessly, or do you lose the call,
> >> if you're making a call at the time?
> >
> > Totally seamless.
> > Jim
> >
> Is now, wasn't 3 or 4 years ago with lots of drop outs,
> which lost 3 a lot of of it's customers.

I cannot comment on that Steve as I am a fairly recent (and contented)
customer - especially hwen it comes to seamless coverage.

Jim