hwo good is O2 3G network

[mrgubby]

I'm at the end of my 18 month O2 contract with a XDA miniS and they've offered me an XDA Orbit as an upgrade. The problem is that it's only a GPRS phone and if I'm going to be tied in for another 18 months should I be going for 3G ? . I could get the Trion for extra money but is the O2 3G network any good or is it time to move networks ?.

Any ideas greatfully received

 

[mrochester]

I'm at the end of my 18 month O2 contract with a XDA miniS and they've offered me an XDA Orbit as an upgrade. The problem is that it's only a GPRS phone and if I'm going to be tied in for another 18 months should I be going for 3G ? . I could get the Trion for extra money but is the O2 3G network any good or is it time to move networks ?.

Any ideas greatfully received

That depends what you want to use the 3G network for. 3G is for video calling and faster data transfer. As O2s data costs are the most outrageous of all networks, you wouldn't be using 3G for data anyway. So I'm guessing you're just interested in 3G for video calling?

 

[mrgubby]

That depends what you want to use the 3G network for. 3G is for video calling and faster data transfer. As O2s data costs are the most outrageous of all networks, you wouldn't be using 3G for data anyway. So I'm guessing you're just interested in 3G for video calling?

I'd just be using it for data , I use GPRS just now for email headers / train times & its dog slow. O2 data is very expensive so I'm doing my sums as to whether my retention package is cheaper with the data costs or should I move to web & walk

 

[Nikumba]

T-Mobile offer the best data rates, and I belive they have an equivalent of the Orbit as its the HTC Artemis

Kimbie