3 network

[Guest2]

I am with Tesco (who use o2) at the moment paying £12.50 a month for 200 minutes, 5000 text and 1gb data

3 offer something similar for £12.90 but includes all you can eat data which is attractive to me for tethering

http://www.store-3.co.uk/3-three-apple-nanosim-iphone-5.html

What is 3 call reception like?
What is the 3G reception like?
How good is reception abroad as I travel quite a lot?
Is customer service good?

I have been with Tesco a few years now and I have stuck with them for their great customer service. Its always easy to speak to something who actually knows what you are talking about

 

[Guest2]

As with all networks, it depends entirely on where you are. I've been with Three for a few weeks now and they're great where I am, decent 3G coverage in rural areas of Scotland is rather nice when O2 seemingly can't even maintain decent 2G reception here.

Thanks. I live in Leeds, in Doncaster on Tesco there is no 3G at all where I live

 

[Guest2]

What if you just put the sim in a mi-fi?

Virgin do a mobile sim for £12 that 150 minutes and unlimited text and data. Not sure if you can use tethering on this.

 

[Guest2]

Does the £15 pay as you go include tethering or is it another £5 a month?

Are you able to use it for international calls? I know some providers block making and receiving none UK calls! What is 3 like at picking up other networks when abroad?

 

[Guest2]

I went into a 3 store and asked about the tethering addon. They said with the addon you can only tether 1gb/month! Can anyone confirm this or find any info on the 3 website?

I was told in store that the only unlimited tethering deal is the 'One Plan' which is £25/month

I also asked about roaming data charges and told it was either 16p or 19p per MB. (cant remember which) either way, its much better than tescos 69p per mb

edit - think i just found it 'If you’re on one of our Pay Monthly plans, including the Essential Internet and Ultimate Internet Plans and want to tether, you’ll need to buy an Add-on. You’ll then get a tethering allowance. You can only use this allowance in the UK'

http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI...internetapps,varset_subcat=3582,Case=obj(3599)

 

[Guest2]

Its £2 for 25mb with o2 abroad

Does 3 allow tethering abroad? Ie i can pay £5 then other people use the wifi hotspot

A mate did this in france with o2 and he got an email because someone used 250mb syreaming on youtube! (He wasnt aware of the 25mb limit)