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Thanks for the replies, I picked up a Three SIM on my way home and the signal at home is not as good as Vodafone however it appears to be roaming on to Orange/Hutchinson's 2G network which gives full 2G signal around the house - just about to start a new thread about costs for roaming, etc.

Looks like I'll be moving to three :)
 
zel said:
T-Mobile are doing Sim 150 for £7.50/month at the moment.

This is a 12 month sim only contract.

600min
500text
+1 bolt on (500MB internet, free landline etc).

Hard to beat pricewise if the allowance is high enough for your needs...
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Do you have a link to that deal,..... cant find it. :(

Cheers
 
The below is all my opinion, I work for orange blah blah

To clear up some of the networky things in this thread that are a bit off (this is all I can remember, 90% sure it's right)

Three used to run their own HSDPA sites (pretty sure they are all upgraded to hsdpa now) and now have a radio network share with T-mobile which has seamless roam (eg you can't tell). This share is 2G & 3G. This was setup under the company MBNL (think this Mobile Broadband network limited or something equally crap).

Three used to 2G seamless roam with Orange until the agreement above - this recently expired which is why there were a lot of unhappy people unhappy with shock coverage change.

Orange and T-mobile obviously now have a joined 2G network (and soon 3G) but it's basic, there's no synchronous handover for example (can't move a call from one network to the other) Big improvements coming this quarter - if we arn't top of coverage I'll eat my hat. Orange joined MBNL BUT only in the sense that they are part of T-mobile's part of the share. It's still split 50:50 with three on one side, Orange & T-mob on the other. Once it's all fixed all three will "subscribe" to the use of MBNL's network equally. Ah, modern science. So wonderful.

So, we will end up with 3 effective networks in the UK by 2012: O2's, Vodas and MBNLs. 2G will probably be on it's last legs by 2015 assuming we all upgrade OK which will remove o2's/voda's lovely 900Mhz advantage. 3G all works on the same frequency for all networks so there's no advantage to any network in 3G coverage.
 
Myshra said:
Lots of very useful information.
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Thanks for the info Myshra, that was very helpful :)

Do you know if it's possible to use the Orange 2G network for data access on a Three SIM card? Obviously as you say it won't be seamless but it's a major issue if not - half of my house has Three HSDPA and the other Orange 2G!

Thanks again,

Craig
 
No, AFAIK you can't even register on the Orange network anymore. Your phone is always programmed to connect to the right network for you so I really wouldn't try and override it. Even if you could, you might end up paying a roam fee if your phone allows manual override. Even if you could use the 2G roam for data it would be slower than "slow" HSDPA - i mean slower than 1 bar speeds. Obviously if you get zero signal then anything is preferable but in general your phone appears to be trying it's hardest.

If you have home broadband I'd just keep wifi on when your phone is at home. Any modern handset will turn off the wifi radio when it's not needed then turn it on again when you pick up the phone.
 
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