bike_dummie Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 hi, Found a good deal on a galaxy s2 but I don't want to be stuck on a 2year contract with rubbish signal. So my question is how good is there network coverage? Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurMonkey Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I've not had an experience with them for about 3 or 4 years now, but they were utter dog shit back then. My advice is go Orange, their deals are generally okay, and if you are related to someone who works for the Government (So in a school, hospital, fireman, whatever) you get 25% off your contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 (edited) Orange is gash for signal. Despite even hooking up with T-mobile. o2 are brilliant signal wise. could be area dependant though, but ooop north it's shite. Edited October 7, 2011 by dann2707 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurMonkey Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I constantly have max signal and full 3G in Liverpool, I do live in the city centre so I guess I don't really know how good it is out in the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I was with 3 about 4 years ago, and whilst I didn't ever have any major issues with signal and their deals/speeds were great, their customer service was appalling. Any time I had an issue (of which I had several as they kept sending me dud phones) they were the most useless bunch of retards I've ever had the displeasure of coming across. Purely because of that, I wouldn't go back to them again. Orange is gash for signal. Despite even hooking up with T-mobile. o2 are brilliant signal wise. could be area dependant though, but ooop north it's shite. Exact opposite here, with Orange/T-Mobile being all I can get out at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Shucksmith Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I was using 3Mobile about 2 years ago when I lived out in the countryside and switched over to O2 within a month. I very often had no signal and when I did it was only ever when my phone was in the pantry or I was stood at the very back of the garden. I always managed to pick up an ok-ish signal when at the far end of the field next door... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Location dependent! I used to be on O2 on my iphone 3G, signal was great in most places, 3G would almost cease to exist in my house in portmsouth but normal signal was still fine. Then switched to 3 when I got my iphone 4, 3G signal was great in my house in portsmouth and so was the normal signal but in my house in southampton the 3G doesn't exist completely, even when I'm out of the house and about 300 meters away the signal would die completely and says no service on my phone. I'm pretty sure there's a network coverage map somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike_dummie Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Thanks for all the replies, looks like ill be sticking to o2 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashbanggg Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Three was always pretty mint for me... unless I was in the middle of nowhere, but that's to be expected Tried this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Also, great choice of phone How much will you be paying a month? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike_dummie Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 not sure if i can afford a glaxy s2 on other networks while maintaining a decent deal . This is the offer i was looking at, here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 (edited) £513 altogether for 2 years! That's actually pretty decent when you consider my sister will pay £1200 for her iPhone4 at the end of her contract But obviously it still is alot of money - spesh for a phone. Considered a galaxy S ? the prequel What I did was pay for the phone straight off £280 it was at the time. Then what i would have done is buy a GiffGaff sim card where you top up £10 a month and you get unlimited texts, unlim internet and around 250 free mins. It's not a contract either so you can not pay whenever you don't want to. I would have done that but fortunately my sister pays for my contract. Think contracts are pretty gash to be honest, tied down for so long... Edited October 8, 2011 by dann2707 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss-Higgy Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 In my experiance with 3.... They suck! They rip you off, credit goes missing you cant contact anyone to solve the issue. So yeah 3 suck on pay and go! Contract not sure about prob as shite but idk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike_dummie Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 (edited) Gonna defiantly look into that giffgaff thing. But can any one recommend me a decent phone i could bag on ebay for around £150 mark? Not bothered about windows or android. Been looking at the omnia 7 and xperia play are these any good? Edited October 8, 2011 by bike_dummie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Adam, they use o2 signal too so you can look for phones that are on o2 rather than sim-free phones; cheaper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Just out of interest, if you sign up to a contract and you get terrible signal constantly and therefore don't get full use of the contract you signed up to, is that reasonable grounds to terminate the contract? Since they aren't providing the service you are paying for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 That's actually pretty decent when you consider my sister will pay £1200 for her iPhone4 at the end of her contract Geez, what contract is she on with 3? In 24 months time I won't have paid more that £1000 tops for my iphone 4 and that's including the £3-£4 I go over each month but not everymonth, and my contract is £35 a month. The £1000 is including the £69 handset price when I first got the contract! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 She's not with 3. Think she's with orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inzane_2 Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Just remember that T-Mobile and 3 share network infrastructure under a group called MBNL. So if T-Mobile signal is good then so should 3. There are plenty of coverage maps around using real data and it would be sensible to look on OFCOM's website or for signal coverage. Orange and T-Mobile is only a 2G signal share so download speed can be limited if using the internet on mobile broadband. Obviously due to the above contracts and creation of MBNL means that it will be complicated to share T-Mobiles 3 G network. All this is available on the operators website's and there are coverage checkers available on their own websites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Reynolds Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 I've not had an experience with them for about 3 or 4 years now, but they were utter dog shit back then. ALL ive heard about 3mobile is shit to be honest. Mainly charging people for features they havnt used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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