Ready to jump the Orange ship - T-Mobile or Voda

there's no
> longer this magic difference. I've used the other providers all over the
> country, and really don't see any differentiation in quality. That part
> of the game is over.

That part of the game is FAR from over! Take a trip to Dorset, with an
Orange sim, then come back and tell me there's no difference!
Coverage is the most important thing, *Then* price / quality of service! A
phone is useless with no signal, and many *many* parts around here have no
Orange signal. I could take you on a 50 mile round trip with no O
signal.....


Matthew

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On Wed, 31 May 2006 11:30:29 +0100, [email protected]
(David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:

>T-mobile (isn't that what they use?) works fine in my world.

Not where I live it doesn't. (Mid Cheshire stockbroker belt).

"Matthew Long" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> there's no
>> longer this magic difference. I've used the other providers all over the
>> country, and really don't see any differentiation in quality. That part
>> of the game is over.
>
> That part of the game is FAR from over! Take a trip to Dorset, with an
> Orange sim, then come back and tell me there's no difference!
> Coverage is the most important thing, *Then* price / quality of service! A
> phone is useless with no signal, and many *many* parts around here have no
> Orange signal. I could take you on a 50 mile round trip with no O
> signal.....
> Matthew
I've been disappointed with Orange coverge around parts of east sussex,
with T Mobile being worse
My primary phones are now on O2 and Voda

Steve Terry

>> Matthew
> I've been disappointed with Orange coverge around parts of east sussex,
> with T Mobile being worse
> My primary phones are now on O2 and Voda
>
> Steve Terry
>
that is because they are 1800Mhz only systems........

Steve Terry wrote:
> "David Hearn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Steve Terry wrote:
>>> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
>>> prestwich tesco 24h offy" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> message news:1hg63pp.vzksrz34j7i6N%[email protected]...
>>>> Steve Terry <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> "linker3000" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>> news:[email protected]...
> <snip>
>> Wife's parents (in Wales) is poor for Voda, T-Mobile and Orange though.
>> D
>>
> Now I know you're joking, whenever i've been to Wales (or lot of the west
> country)
> T Mobile coverage has been lousy.
>
> Easy to find out if Voda is suitable, PAYT Sims 2quid, with 3 quid of
> credit.
> http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/index.cfm...ly.viewsimonly
>
> Steve Terry
>
>

I think you'll find that I was saying that all 3 were poor in that
particular part of Wales.

D

"Matthew Long" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> there's no
> > longer this magic difference. I've used the other providers all over the
> > country, and really don't see any differentiation in quality. That part
> > of the game is over.
>
> That part of the game is FAR from over! Take a trip to Dorset, with an
> Orange sim, then come back and tell me there's no difference!
> Coverage is the most important thing, *Then* price / quality of service! A
> phone is useless with no signal, and many *many* parts around here have no
> Orange signal. I could take you on a 50 mile round trip with no O
> signal.....
>
>

Apologies for being a bit behind with the discussion here....

With a bit of thought, I could do the same thing for a couple of the
networks in the more remote parts of Wales and Scotland - so whilst broadly
agreeing with the OP for the built-up parts of the UK, I'm with Matt when it
comes to the remote areas. I even found a new area of "two network-land"
(Orange & O2 FWIW) not 15 miles from Bristol the other week, that I didn't
know about despite having lived here as long as I care to remember.

Regards

Jon.

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