Virgin Mobile 3G coverage?

Virgin piggy back on T-mobile network, so maybe better asking how good is T-mobiles's 3G coverage? Been with T-mobile for a year now and coverage seems pretty good, and speed seems reasonable but not as fast 3 though. That is from my own personal experiences and comparisons.
 
I haven't had an O2 contact for over 9 years, I think O2's infrastructure is creaking under the use of Iphone app usage and increased customer demand for mobile broadband. I think challenges lie ahead for all mobile service providers to ensure consistent speed and availablity of 3G and HSDPA connections. It will require increased investment in masts, repeaters and bandwidth.
Hopefully someone will be along with experience of both t-mobile and O2 services.
 
There's nothing wrong with O2's 3G coverage.

At the end of the day it depends on where you live as to how good each providers signal is.

It's no good slagging companys off when they all have weak signal areas.
 
Hot Sponge said:
There's nothing wrong with O2's 3G coverage.

At the end of the day it depends on where you live as to how good each providers signal is.

It's no good slagging companys off when they all have weak signal areas.
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02 have the worst 3G coverage in the UK, its not debatable check their own coverage map.
 
Yep there is a massive difference. Orange for example have coverage to so many more towns while o2 only really cover the major metropolitan areas.

Just look at how many small dark spots there are on this map.

http://search.orange.co.uk/ouk/portal/coveragechecker.html

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then compare to o2

http://www.webmap.o2.co.uk/map.asp (zoom in to see the actual 3g spots better)


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Large sections with no 3g coverage.
 
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