I'm tempted by Three . Good price plans. So.. WHAT'S THE CATCH

R. Mark Clayton wrote:
|| "Jono" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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||| "R. Mark Clayton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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|||| The main [objective] catch is that people who ring you get charged
|||| higher rates, especially off peak and call charges aren't capped
|||| (e.g. on BT) or in inclusive minutes.
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||| Yeah!
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||| The way round that, of course, is to port a non-three number to three.
|||
||| the landline companies bill based upon the 1st 5 digits of the number
||| ie. 07xxx. they will, therefore, bill you for ringing, for instance,
||| an O2 number, even if the number now "belongs" to Three.
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||
|| Works great for landlines, but not alas mobiles.

That's interesting.

Are you saying that all the networks, except BT, NTL & TW bill based on the
network that delivers the call?

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On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:05:19 GMT, "Jono" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>That's interesting.
>
>Are you saying that all the networks, except BT, NTL & TW bill based on the
>network that delivers the call?

>|| Works great for landlines, but not alas mobiles.

No, he isn't saying that. What makes you misread his meaning?

See http://www.mobileshop.org/buyguide/portcharges.htm

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On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:49:19 +0000, JC
<johncalias-newsgroupsATyahooD0TcoD0Tuk> wrote in
<[email protected]>:

>I didn't want to be tied in to an 18 month contract

If you want to be able to terminate your contract at the end of whatever
period you signed up for without a lot of fuss, do not sign up with
three.

I currently have a bill for 0.48 (yes 48 pence!) from 3 because the
refund they applied to correct their error in failing to terminate one
of the two contracts I had with them did not match the incorrect charge
that they had made. I am in the fortunate position that they can't argue
about dates because the two contracts were for the same dates, I wrote
one letter to terminate both, and they terminated one on time. Other
people are not so lucky and and have to deal with 3 denying receiving
letters and denying receiving calls to their call centre to sort out the
mess.

You should plan to have to waste several hours on the phone - to an 0870
revenue generating number after the service ends - and perhaps have to
pay for an additional month or two at full price when you want to escape
from the clutches of 3. You may be lucky and have your contract
termination processed promptly and without errors, but don't count on
it.

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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm interested in some of the new Nokia handsets - Nokia 6270
>
At least with a Nokia on 3 you should be able to get it factory reset
to reveal the 2g menu that 3 systematically blank to stop you
locking down to O2 roaming.
>
> is there anything wrong with three?
>
Just about everything, except price
>
> (I live in central London - zone 1 - by the way - coverage shouldn't
> be an issue)
>
Famous last words, lock down to 2g O2 roaming will at least solve that

Steve Terry

[email protected] wrote:
|| On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:05:19 GMT, "Jono" <[email protected]>
|| wrote:
||
||| That's interesting.
|||
||| Are you saying that all the networks, except BT, NTL & TW bill based
||| on the network that delivers the call?
||
||||| Works great for landlines, but not alas mobiles.
||
|| No, he isn't saying that. What makes you misread his meaning?
||
|| See http://www.mobileshop.org/buyguide/portcharges.htm
||
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I said "The way round that, of course, is to port a non-three number to
three"

He said "Works great for landlines, but not alas mobiles"

What did I misread?

Steve Terry wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I'm interested in some of the new Nokia handsets - Nokia 6270
> >
> At least with a Nokia on 3 you should be able to get it factory reset
> to reveal the 2g menu that 3 systematically blank to stop you
> locking down to O2 roaming.
> >
> > is there anything wrong with three?
> >
> Just about everything, except price
> >
> > (I live in central London - zone 1 - by the way - coverage shouldn't
> > be an issue)
> >
> Famous last words, lock down to 2g O2 roaming will at least solve that
>
> Steve Terry



I remember your name when I used to read this newsgroup years ago

You seemed know everything (espec about orange)


So I should avoid 3 then?

(I am definately going to go for a nokia handset)

thanks

[email protected] wrote:
> I'm interested in some of the new Nokia handsets - Nokia 6270
>
> is there anything wrong with three?
>
> (I live in central london - zone 1 - by the way - converage shouldn't
> be an issue)
>



I am reasonably happy with 3, and am on my second contract with them.

I live in the suburbs of Bristol, and have no problems with coverage at
all in Bristol, nor on my travels around the country.

Yes, 3 do have a call centre in Mumbai, but they also have call centres
in Liverpool and Glasgow.

The only thing which I find mildly annoying is 3's continued use of the
"walled garden", which limits internet access to 3's approved sites.

I currently use a Nokia 6630 smartphone, which is very good IMO, and has
since been superseeded by the Nokia 6680 and Nokia N70.

However, due to the "walled garden", I cannot currently use 1 of the
applications that I have bought for my phone, as its needs to be updated
over the net, and the WG stops me doing so....

However, according to 3 CS in Glasgow, the "walled garden" will be
removed in favour of full internet access in April / May 2006. We shall
see....

I would love to be able to use "Profimail" for email on my 6630, but
cannot, due to the WG. However, the simple way around this is to add
"3mail" to your account, and then to forward your desired emails from
your main account to your "3mail" account. Gmail should do this very
well, Chris.

Mobileshop offer some good cashback deals on 3, so I would say "Go
ahead, give 3 a go, you may be pleasantly surprised by what 3 offers"

Certainly, 3's days of being "absolute crap" are long gone, I feel.


Regards,


Jeff

[email protected] wrote:
> I'm interested in some of the new Nokia handsets - Nokia 6270
>
> is there anything wrong with three?
>
> (I live in central london - zone 1 - by the way - converage shouldn't
> be an issue)
>



I am reasonably happy with 3, and am on my second contract with them.

I live in the suburbs of Bristol, and have no problems with coverage at
all in Bristol, nor on my travels around the country.

Yes, 3 do have a call centre in Mumbai, but they also have call centres
in Liverpool and Glasgow.

The only thing which I find mildly annoying is 3's continued use of the
"walled garden", which limits internet access to 3's approved sites.

I currently use a Nokia 6630 smartphone, which is very good IMO, and has
since been superseeded by the Nokia 6680 and Nokia N70.

However, due to the "walled garden", I cannot currently use 1 of the
applications that I have bought for my phone, as its needs to be updated
over the net, and the WG stops me doing so....

However, according to 3 CS in Glasgow, the "walled garden" will be
removed in favour of full internet access in April / May 2006. We shall
see....

I would love to be able to use "Profimail" for email on my 6630, but
cannot, due to the WG. However, the simple way around this is to add
"3mail" to your account, and then to forward your desired emails from
your main account to your "3mail" account. Gmail should do this very
well, Chris.

Mobileshop offer some good cashback deals on 3, so I would say "Go
ahead, give 3 a go, you may be pleasantly surprised by what 3 offers"

Certainly, 3's days of being "absolute crap" are long gone, I feel.


Regards,


Jeff