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I'd stick with Orange - good customer services, fairly good coverage (except where I live!!), and at least they don't molest their phones as much as Vodafone do!! I was on T-Mobile a couple of years ago, the signal was pretty poor in my area (midlands). Their GPRS charges are also ridicoulous!!

btw, I'm on O2, their signal is perhaps slightly worse than Vodafone's, but I think they're cheaper, and the differential between the 2 net's signals isn't that big a deal.
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Posted: 2004-07-07 19:30:05
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To be fair, there really isn't much between the four main UK networks these days. All the networks will probably have areas where they have poorer coverage which the others don't and as for the price plans, I can't really find much that is different. Before someone posts a full list of price plans I should say that I am speaking in a general context i.e. one's mobile bill is unlikely to become significantly cheaper if one switches between the four main UK networks and maintains the same usage patterns.
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Posted: 2004-07-08 03:00:16
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Scotsboy:....I have a fair bit of experience with all four networks,and having also worked in the industry for a number of years..My suggestion to you is to not migrate to T-mobile...its your choice at the end of the day but thats my advice.
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Posted: 2004-07-08 03:23:07
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@axxxr

I'm not thinking of migrating to T-Mobile, it was another chap who was thinking of doing that, the chap who started this thread in fact.
In what capacity did you work in the mobile industry?
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Posted: 2004-07-08 03:39:17
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oh ok...I used to work in the marketing depts for t-mobile for a while aswell as Orange and O2...but i've also worked in the retail sector for all 4 networks.
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Posted: 2004-07-08 03:51:06
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@axxxr

So which of the UK networks is the best, in your opinion?
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Posted: 2004-07-08 03:53:26
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Orange for sure!!
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Posted: 2004-07-08 09:48:22
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What no mention of '3' ?!?

Ive been on orange for 6-7 years and have recently bought my '3' handset. I've found 3 OK so far, but there was no 3g signal in wiltshire when I went there, but that is to be expected. Orange and the other networks will blow '3' away with their 3g services.

3 are to agressive with pricing, and no matter how many minutes you give some1, if the service isnt there, it wont work. Plus their walled garden approach to wap/internet and handset software is worse than anything orange & voda can do. Imagine orange only allowing you to read orangeworld or voda just letting you see vodalive. Its bad enough with all the branding on the menu.
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Posted: 2004-07-08 10:37:00
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@orangeman

I can well imagine that 3 will abandon the 'walled garden' approach when the other networks release their 3G services, at the moment it wouldn't make financial sense for 3 to allow customers to access contecnt besides its own.
I'm interested to know why 3 is going to be 'blown out of the water', is there something in the pipeline?
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Posted: 2004-07-08 10:49:55
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On 2004-07-08 03:00:16, scotsboyuk wrote:
To be fair, there really isn't much between the four main UK networks these days. All the networks will probably have areas where they have poorer coverage which the others don't and as for the price plans, I can't really find much that is different. Before someone posts a full list of price plans I should say that I am speaking in a general context i.e. one's mobile bill is unlikely to become significantly cheaper if one switches between the four main UK networks and maintains the same usage patterns.


Unless youre looking for a data only tariff, which vodafone do not offer apparently. O2 offer the data 5 tariff at £8 monthly, whereas Vodafone's cheapest monthly tariff is about £14.
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Posted: 2004-07-08 10:57:00
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