Three - Data/2G roaming?

Kona* · 16 Mar 2011 at 22:17

Hey

On the way home from work tonight I picked up a Three SIM card to check out the signal at home (I'll be taking it to work tomorrow to check that too) and in some parts of the house it gets a couple of bars of 3G signal, in the rest of the house I get the roaming "R" on my Nexus One & Hero - as far as I know Three have a roaming agreement with Orange/Hutchinson for 2G, will I be charged/is it possible to use data over the Orange 2G network, if I enable data roaming? Are there any special APN's I need to use, etc?

Cheers

Craig

Robbo · 16 Mar 2011 at 22:23

I dont think you can use mobile data on the Orange 2G network, if you can via data roaming you'll probably be charged for it.

Kona* · 17 Mar 2011 at 11:46

Robboftw said:
I dont think you can use mobile data on the Orange 2G network, if you can via data roaming you'll probably be charged for it.

Bah

Thanks for clearing that up Robbo

Craig

muon · 17 Mar 2011 at 21:54

Kona* said:
Bah

Thanks for clearing that up Robbo

Craig

You can.

It would only let you if there was a free roaming agreement in place.

Also the roaming agreement is with T-Mobile.

http://www.mbnl.co.uk/

osc89er · 18 Mar 2011 at 07:17

roaming was with orange for several years. do u have info it has changed?

Myshra · 18 Mar 2011 at 11:44

osc89er said:
roaming was with orange for several years. do u have info it has changed?

Yeah it changed, I work for orange. To save me re-writing everything that's going on with networks see this thread: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=18687976&postcount=23

fullmetaltony · 18 Mar 2011 at 11:55

Three completely lost their 2G coverage in my area about November last year, they allowed me out of contract for free as it meant I could no longer get a signal in my house.
This coincides with the time they were meant to have lost the deal with Orange.

muon · 18 Mar 2011 at 23:47

Myshra said:
Yeah it changed, I work for orange. To save me re-writing everything that's going on with networks see this thread: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=18687976&postcount=23

Except o2 have started to use 900mhz for 3G. So they still have an advantage unlike what your post says.