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Old 13th Oct 2008, 06:37
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My girlfriend recently went wireless with 3 using 3G and I am going to vent a little here about the service
Check out the amazing max speeds below

After some research I have found that this is the case all over Ireland, I have been using O2 version and the speeds are as its supposed to be(3.6MB)
After numerous complaints their response is basically tough luck!
So my advice to you is to stay away from 3!!! Because it certainly is not the magic number!
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Old 13th Oct 2008, 06:42
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3 will never change, they had appalling service when they started and looks like they still do.
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Old 13th Oct 2008, 09:09
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They also have incredubly bad coverage. I think Orange is supposed to be the easiest to get signal from (as they have most masts and support)

And 3 is the lowest, apart from of course cheapy spin-off providers like Tesco.
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Old 13th Oct 2008, 09:15
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Vodafone has the best UK coverage.
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Old 13th Oct 2008, 09:16
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Thats the stupid thing, the newest advert they have is advertising 99.7% coverage!!! Wow thats great if it wasnt dial-up!
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Old 13th Oct 2008, 10:13
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We never use 3, we have some phones on Vodafone, and a couple on Orange, and that's only because the two of my brothers that have the Orange play cricket, and the cricket ground has Orange coverage, but not Vodafone.
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Old 13th Oct 2008, 12:35
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Orange excludes North Devon off their coverage map!
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Old 16th Oct 2008, 13:28
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I've always found O2 to be the best. Coverage and service wise. I mean, they give me free minutes and texts all the time.
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Old 16th Oct 2008, 14:54
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I've always found O2 to be the best. Coverage and service wise. I mean, they give me free minutes and texts all the time.
I agree, I use them and get free weekend texts and calls at the moment. Can't complain at that.
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Old 16th Oct 2008, 16:11
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I don't use my phone much anyway, anyone I need to talk to I either see nearly everyday anyway, or I talk to on MSN so in the 22 months I've had my phone (got it christmas 06) I've spent about £13
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