best coverage for internet access ?
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depends where you live/work but in general it goes like this.. (best to worst)
o2 + vodafone
orange
tmobile
3
You can now combine orange and and t-mobile networks as they are sharing masts but it isn't making a massive amount of difference when you head out into the wilds
o2 + vodafone
orange
tmobile
3
You can now combine orange and and t-mobile networks as they are sharing masts but it isn't making a massive amount of difference when you head out into the wilds
I use both O2 and Vodafone - O2 seems to have better coverage down here in the South West but speeds are very variable and I seem to get a lot of down time when theres just no traffic flow. Vodafone is pretty average signal wise and speed wise but I rarely see any down time.
o2 data seems to take ages to reconnect after going through an area of no signal, which is really annoying.
O2 and vodafone have the worst 3G coverage generally throughout the UK. They have possibly the best 2G coverage thanks to 900MHZ, but thats no good for internet speeds!
3 have the best coverage and speed for internet in my oppinion, and they offer full speed to all customers no matter what tarrif your on contract or pay as you go. I often get 3 to 4meg down and 1.5meg up on my HTC Desire
T-Mobile arnt too bad since they 3G site share with 3, but a lot of their customers are speed capped at around 300k or so which sucks. Pay as you go customers can forget it ...You only get decent speeds if you have a contract with the web n walk plus thingy with the 3GB FUP. Oh and lets not forget hey have data compression on images
Orange internet doesnt work well in many parts of the country from what ive read online recently
Cheers
3 have the best coverage and speed for internet in my oppinion, and they offer full speed to all customers no matter what tarrif your on contract or pay as you go. I often get 3 to 4meg down and 1.5meg up on my HTC Desire
T-Mobile arnt too bad since they 3G site share with 3, but a lot of their customers are speed capped at around 300k or so which sucks. Pay as you go customers can forget it ...You only get decent speeds if you have a contract with the web n walk plus thingy with the 3GB FUP. Oh and lets not forget hey have data compression on images
Orange internet doesnt work well in many parts of the country from what ive read online recently
Cheers
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Wont be long now for 3G dual network, voice calls are working out great on the dual network if you would like it applied to your orange phone call 150 from your hanset option 1,2 and 4
Where is that info from?
Voda in polls usually come out as the fastest for 3/2G mostly thanks to their rapid HSDPA evolution project.
Orange have the largest coverage by population and a pretty medium positioned network by speed
3 radio share with T-mob on most sites outside of the core, self owned city based infrastructure but this makes them pretty polar - in the city and you're fine. Step outside of one - you're definitely not.
T-mobile have the biggest allowances and a high-medium positioned network by speed
O2 are the first to admit their speeds arn't all that and they generally lag in HSDPA tiers behind the other networks but this is offset against other benefits they have such as largescale 2G coverage / customer service and brand perception.
Im sorry, but its a fact that vodafone and o2 have the least 3g coverage out off all the networks, you only have to do a bit of research to find that out. So dnt absolute bobbins me.
As for orange, there recent internet or lack of it is all over the android and 3g forums, do your research! Ok maybe some of the problems are to do with the orange/T-Mobile merge but theres a lot of customers complaining of problems with their internet on orange handsets in recent months, especially on the Android forum.
I work out in the sticks and still get a reasonable 3G signal on a Three dongle, ...the vodafone customers have a better signal out there yes ... but its 'GSM' (no 3G coverage out of the towns/citys) meaning dial-up type internet speeds of 40k.
The fact is I have sim cards for Three, O2 and Vodafone here and travel around a lot, and from my own experience Three have the fastest most reliable internet speed on my handset. Sure Vodafone have better coverage if you include their 2G coverage, but the OP's question was about internet, so we may as well discard 2G as its painfull even browsing over it. I would say T-Mobile is the closest providing you buy your contract direct from T-Mobile AND get the Web N Walk Plus with 3GB FUP. If you buy from a 3rd party like CPW or have a tarrif that doesnt have the 3GB FUP your speeds capped at 350K!
http://blog.three.co.uk/2010/07/19/our-mobile-broadband-tops-latest-independent-yougov-survey/
The YouGov survey asked over 2,000 customers from Three, Vodafone, Orange, O2 and T-Mobile and some smaller operators to rate the level of service they got from their provider on twelve key points. These were installation of software, network coverage, getting connected, staying connected, reliability during the day and during the evening, download speeds, upload speeds, ease of use, customer services, billing and overall quality.
You rated us the best in ten of these twelve areas and in feedback comments, you also labelled us as the best value for money operator, and you gave us the highest rating of user satisfaction.
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Orange have the biggest area covered because they have more masts but the signal is less penetrating...
Personally since I've been with T-Mobile I've found their net to be pretty reliable I get HSDPA most of the time and speeds are great. I tether my laptop to my phone when I'm on long train journeys and it's better than train wifi.
Personally since I've been with T-Mobile I've found their net to be pretty reliable I get HSDPA most of the time and speeds are great. I tether my laptop to my phone when I'm on long train journeys and it's better than train wifi.