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In my opinion 3's marketing is backwards, as it is aimed at high voice users. Whats the point in having a high speed network (think mobile data here) and not market a data card for laptop users, but push voice minutes.
They do not appear to attract businesses for data etc and make use of their network. . I understand the need to re-coup their set up fees (which will take 5 years at least). But who do they employee, monkies?
And of course 3 will make money from external internet web & wap sites. Look at all the chargeable stuff around now that gets added to ur bill or deducted from your credit
They probably don't have this in place yet as when I access 3 wap/internet there is no charge for the connection.
I expect 3 to go bust unless hutchinson keep throwing money at them
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Posted: 2004-07-08 11:12:06
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I fully agree with you that 3 will be bale to make money from customers accessing services outside of the 'walled garden', it's just that with no other 3G network in the UK catering for personal use, as opposed to business users, they can effectively keep their customers within the 'garden' and charge them high prices for their services.
I can envisage what may happen when the other networks launch their full range of 3G services; 3 will no doubt allow its customers out of the 'garden' whilst reducing the price of its own services so as to make them more appealing in a more competitive environment. I would also imagine that 3 will eventually implement some business plans, they would be insane not to and has been said already it is rather perplexing why they haven't done more to cater to business users, who make a sizeable share of the mobile phone market.
The main problem 3 face is that their network coverage isn't as good as we have come to expect from GSM networks and people find this very off-putting and annoying when trying to make a phone call. We must also remember that 3 have an extremely small range of handsets on offer in comparison to the other networks; this is further compounded by the fact that the majority of these handsets are not all that good for various reasons.
I don't think 3 will go bust, but thy will certainly face a very tough battle when the other networks have released their 3G services.
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Posted: 2004-07-08 11:29:32
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axxxr
y do u think tmobile is the crapest netwrok???
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Posted: 2004-07-09 01:27:04
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Thank you all for some interesting thoughts.
My first mobile was on BT Cellnet (I think sold to O2) and I think they have the best signal. I live in London and they were the only network who had 'strong' signal in some underground stations. Anyway that was my PAYG.
I'm on Orange at the mo and I think they have been really good. Service and signal have been top, but I think I can get a better deal especially as most of my friends are on T-mobile and they want me to migrate. They tell me its good.
I thought Id get some opinions from other users about their reliability.
Cheers
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Posted: 2004-07-09 18:33:53
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