dannymccann
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I've just cancelled my contract with Orange because the signal at work and home (where I spend most of my time) is extremely poor. I'm thinking of going over to Three (that new PAYG tarriff on the telly with the Pug) because it would suit my extremely basic usage.
The orange guy who gave me my PAC code said not to use TMob, Virgin or 3 though as they all share the same network...anyone in the know? 3 will obviously say they don't, orange probably saying it to not lose custom to their biggest competitors...
Thanks
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VrsTurbo
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3 Use 02 towers as well as some of there own iirc
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John
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I'd google it but I don't think 3 share any towers with O2 now.
tmob and orange are the 1 thing now, virgin are a virtual network that sits on top of it.
AFAIK 3 are completely their own.
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dannymccann
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Well thats what I thought John, because when they first started out it was a bit like Channel 5, as in no one could get coverage because they were on their own
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John
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From memory, they originally used their own 3G network and fell back to O2 for 3G.
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Munchie
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quote:
Originally posted by John
From memory, they originally used their own 3G network and fell back to O2 for 3G.
This is correct.
Three are totally separate.
I have been on it and went to the sticks of Wales this week, has worked brilliant and better reception than my S4 on O2!!
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Dom
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Three used to fallback/roam to Orange for 2G; before that it was O2. But they've been slowly depreciating 2G fallback over the last few years and i believe it's only used in areas where is isn't 3G coverage.
Best bet is to grab a few PAYG sims from a handful of networks and go testing; it's the only way of really determining if a networks coverage will suit you.
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John
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I meant to say 2G at the end of my post  too many numbers and uppercase for me.
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pow
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3 have t good coverage, better than O2 - my MiFi normally has better coverage than my Note
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Tiger
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I use to service Orange Cell Sites back in the late 90's when it was still Hutchinson Telecom: Fact.
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