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hi, title says it all really. i'm looking to get a new contract and 3 seem to have a good deal, i just have a bad feeling about them.
how is reception?
how is the internet? i used to have orange and their internet was slow, wouldnt load up youtube videos nicely compared to my o2.
and is there anything else i should know??
thanks in advance.
they are present in many countries around the globe and their reception
would most likely differ in various countries
so stating where you live would most likely be helpful
hi sorry, i am in uk.
3 is an okay network in the UK, they have been doing a lot of work recently to improve signal throughout the UK. I get full signal nearly everywhere I go around London and the local suburban area's, but there are a few dead spots, which can be fixed by moving a few cm to the left or right
I've had no problems with 3 been with them for about 4 years now
Yes!
I have been using them for more than 5 years and overall it is very good network, I live in london and I hardly had any problem in anything watching youtube videos even bbc iplayer is super smooth as well as the internet browsing HSDPA speed is enabled.
The coverage in the North East is slightly better than it was, but it's still pathetic, unless you're in a city, and even then it's just adequate.
3 RAN share with t-mobile's UMTS network so you should see a lot better performance than in the early days, Although I am not to sure what the customer services are like as I have heard nothing but bad stuff!!
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i am on orange myself but have heard 3 use tmobile for a lot of coverage and with a possible merger soon between tmobile and orange will they still get to piggyback ?
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i am on orange myself but have heard 3 use tmobile for a lot of coverage and with a possible merger soon between tmobile and orange will they still get to piggyback ?
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3 wont be un shared with T-Mobile as they both benefit from the agreement. I don't think internally many people know what will happen network wise between orange and t-mobile yet..
I'd really advise against going with 3.
The offers all look too good to be true and in my experience they are....
There customer service is non-existant and 4 years after i cancelled my contract i started getting letters from them and a bogus debt collection agency trying to get money out of me.
If you think mine is an isolated incident... Google "3 mobile lowell"
I never had any issue with coverage though, so if you plan to stay with them forever and dont see yourself needing to contact customer services then it's up to you.
Three Connection for internet data is crap
all the data are crap in australia when it comes down to wireless
the only good networks well anywhere is telstra
i hope they could fix all the network problem
the download speed and time is not faster enough.. and we are so way be hide
with technology comparing to the asia
I'm going to spain on holiday for a couple weeks. (I know luxery )
But I do want internet when I'm there.
I want to buy a Huawei E160 USB-UMTS dongle.
And then I need a (UMTS) SIM card and an internet subscription.
Do you know company's who have prepaid cards?
I've searched, but only found old threads.
One thread of 2 years ago speeks about Movistar.es
That costed 21 euro for 4 weeks unlimited internet.
I'm also looking for that.
Is that still possible, or are there better alternatives?
Hope you can help me.
Thanx in advance!
hey! I'm from Barcelona (Spain) and have done some searching. It looks like the best option is buying a yoigo prepaid card. costs 3 euros every day you connect to the internet and you're allowed to download 100mb, then your speed is reduced to 64 kbps.
I was just looking for the same thing in the US, I'm going to cali in vacation and will be taking a nexus one to use it as gps, find hotels etc. do you know what options I have?
Just out of curiosity, where in spain are you going?
PS: here's a link http://www.yoigo.com/tarifas/internet_para_llevar.php
At&t used to for $20.00 a month.. untill the iphone came along and screwed everything up.
But i see that in europe you have to make a contract no matter if you want a phone from them or not.
In america, a plan and a contract are different things,
If you go to a cell phone company provider with your own phone, you do not need to sign a contract for 2 years to use thier service plans.
I am also going to spain (galicia) this summer, and i was going to call about that.
(And im sure you know, that At&t and T-mobile are the only GSM provider in the US)
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At&t used to for $20.00 a month.. untill the iphone came along and screwed everything up.
But i see that in europe you have to make a contract no matter if you want a phone from them or not.
In america, a plan and a contract are different things,
If you go to a cell phone company provider with your own phone, you do not need to sign a contract for 2 years to use thier service plans.
I am also going to spain (galicia) this summer, and i was going to call about that.
(And im sure you know, that At&t and T-mobile are the only GSM provider in the US)
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You don't need to make a contract in spain to get a prepaid card. Only thing you need to do is give them your ID for security purposes
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You don't need to make a contract in spain to get a prepaid card. Only thing you need to do is give them your ID for security purposes
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that is right, it is not worth paying an 18 month contract if you are only staying here a couple of weeks, Personally I would recommend Vodafone cause they have better internet quelaity connection (at least in southern spain), and they offer prepaid sim cards and usb modems without a contract (although movistar, yoigo and orange offer them as well). The question would be, what part of spain are you traveling to and wich company has the better internet reception on that area... if you are traveling to rural areas, I would stick to the 2 major companies (Vodafone and Movistar). Hope it helps.
I'm going to Salou, about 150km south of Barcelona.
Thanx for your answers.
I hope yoigo has coverage over there.
And are there any other alternatives?
Hi,
I'm from Reus, a city near Salou (about 8km). The UMTS coverage in salou is good for all the service providers in spain.
My mobile ISP is Simyo with good prices, the only inconvenience is that don't have physical shops to buy prepaid modems/sim. My voice provider is Yoigo and they have good prices too.
My advice is that you go to a ThePhoneHouse shop, there are Vodafone, Orange and Yoigo, and they will tell you which solution was better.
You can find thephonehouse in tarragona (10km from salou) and Reus in
http://www.phonehouse.es/app/searchStore.do
Ok, I hope so that the coverage will be good.
And how are Vodafone and Orange? Are they more expensive and/or better?
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Ok, I hope so that the coverage will be good.
And how are Vodafone and Orange? Are they more expensive and/or better?
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Vodafone will almost always give you the best coverage, at a higher price. Orange is cheaper and with a little les coverage, Simyo borrows the network from Orange so its coverage will be the same at best.
I didn't know Vodafone offered prepaid cards, if they do I'd recommend you vodafone
PS: Offtopic, Salou is cool, I've been there in vacation often but it's full of tourists, I would recommend you to move a little bit if you wanna see more of Spain than beaches, maybe driving up to Barcelona
I know this issue is partly addressed in a thread on not being able to connect to a network after unlock but I just want to share my own experience and disappointment with the G2 after going to Guatemala.
I have rooted my G2 using Visionary and am running Enomther's ROM pre-the Dec 24 update. Not using any other kernels or anything, but the phone is unlocked for use overseas with other SIMs.
Before I went to Guate I realized that I would be unable to get 3G given the bands used in Guatemala are different from what the G2 is capable of (I think Band I and IV). Fine.
However, I went down there and wanted to do some data roaming before I had a chance to get a local SIM card and I kept getting the message "SIM card not registered to this network". I tried all three carriers in Guatemala to no avail.
When I went to get a SIM card from a local carrier it took a lot of effort on their part to get my phone connected to the internet but eventually I was able to score Edge service with one of the carriers down there. Being Guatemala I don't know if this process was difficult due to the way data plans work down there (prepaid) or if there was something specific with the G2 that prevented it from connecting to the network.
But my overall question is why I was not able to roam with the G2 overseas. Clearly the phone worked fine once I put a local SIM card in but the fact that I was totally unable to roam with the G2 using my US T-Mobile SIM card was very disappointing and has me thinking of reactivating my iPhone, which has never had any issue using it overseas, including Guatemala.
Is this a G2 issue or T-Mobile?
You have to enable international roaming with T-Mobile, I discovered that during a trip to Ukraine. Once I did that my subsequent trips I was able to roam but not very well. The easiest and cheapest thing to do was to use a foreign sim for my purposes.
You have to call tmobile and they will give you the unlock code most of the time. Tell then you are going for business or something like that.
Most likely your data and calling bands will work on edge. But your 3g and wannabe 4g will not work.
Circledog said:
You have to enable international roaming with T-Mobile, I discovered that during a trip to Ukraine. Once I did that my subsequent trips I was able to roam but not very well. The easiest and cheapest thing to do was to use a foreign sim for my purposes.
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Woah, weird. I lived in ukraine for 3 years. And yes buying a ukrainian sim card will cost you about 5-10 dollars a month for a crap load of text messages. UMC is best for ukraine imo.
Completely off topic but how did you like living in Ukraine? I would love to live there for awhile. We adopted a little girl from there and then later another from Moscow, I loved Moscow but Russia was so much more expensive than Ukraine was.
Back on topic sort of. I didn't have a smart phone in Ukraine so I didnt use data, but in Moscow I was able to get 3G coverage with my G2. I had Tmobile international roaming enabled on my phone, but my sim would not register on any networks there, I had to pick up a Russian Beeline sim and then was good to go!
From what I understood about mhz bands and services. There are four total most used bands in the entire world 850 900 1800 and 1900. Us in america use two (one under a thousand and one over) and europe uses the opposite ones. So only up until tri and quad band phones started getting much cheaper (probably about 5 years ago) did phone start working in different countrys. Its only smarter honestly, then a company would only need to make on phone for the world. Then they would be losing out on multiple purchases ofc haha.
Google mobile mhz bands. I don't know everything, but I read quite a bit about this maybe 3 years ago when I bought a tri band nokia.
Ukraine, I was there for 2 years for my church. Became fluent in russian. Then went back to date a girl I met while I was there. After that she came twice for 6 month increments on a visitor visa and we got married at the end of the second. Been happily married for almost 2.5 years now.
Bring on the mail order bride jokes, I've heard them all. We r both young, planning on buying a house this year since the economy has really brought those prices down haha. Sorry for the spam! But hopefully your questions are answered.
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Thanks for the responses. I will give T-Mobile a call ahead of my next trip overseas. Just odd that a company with such wide global coverage has no international data roaming plans and makes it a pain the keester to get roaming.
They actually do have international data roaming ($15/MB). The key is that you have to have already added international roaming to your account (it's free to add). Then if you have a data plan in the US, they will allow you to have data while roaming. I think US carriers require you to actively enable international roaming instead of enabling it by default due to the potentially high number of complaints about billing charges (e.g., people using their phones internationally without being aware there will be a higher rate). This way, they can state you were properly warned since you have to contact them first.
Just noticed my phone is showing 4G now with O2 UK (YORK) - Anyone else have the update ( My 3UK also shows 4G from today) - I can't see anything from O2 to say the roll out has taken place. Anyone else in the Yorkshire area confirm?
I have noticed that 4G seems to be rolling out quite quickly with O2, while sluggish at the start. Not too sure about 3 though, I'm hoping that they update the mast near me soon, I live 4 miles from the exchange and get 1.5mb on my wired connection so having 4G will be a boon for me
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I have noticed that 4G seems to be rolling out quite quickly with O2, while sluggish at the start. Not too sure about 3 though, I'm hoping that they update the mast near me soon, I live 4 miles from the exchange and get 1.5mb on my wired connection so having 4G will be a boon for me
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I just had a look around the O2 forums and asked over there, since York has No ETA for roll out, It's more than likely a test of the software, but I'm hoping it's for real. Was weird cause my 3UK went 4G also today..
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I just had a look around the O2 forums and asked over there, since York has No ETA for roll out, It's more than likely a test of the software, but I'm hoping it's for real. Was weird cause my 3UK went 4G also today..
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We can get in Grangemouth just outside Falkirk about 20 miles from Edinburgh but again O2 have no date for the Falkirk area.
It is faint but very much usable
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We can get in Grangemouth just outside Falkirk about 20 miles from Edinburgh but again O2 have no date for the Falkirk area.
It is faint but very much usable
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Ahh so they're testing and leaving it switched on then? -- Good enough for me. It's working in Leeds which isn't too far from me.. So maybe just expanding the area under Leeds then maybe?
I read some comments about the UK networks not giving 5G to this phone.
Can anyone who received it and lives in a 5G area check if the phone gets 5G with a Vodafone sim please?
Three sell the OP8/OP8P, so presumably 5G will work just fine on there at the very least. Can't say about Vodafone myself, but there's talk over at the OnePlus forums that 5G doesn't (yet?) work on O2. Current theory is that this is because O2 haven't approved the device - can't see any technical reason why the phone shouldn't support 5G on any of the UK networks: They all use band n78 (3500MHz) and the phone supports that. O2 has additional 5G frequency in band n41 (2300MHz) which the OP8/OP8P does not support (but O2 haven't rolled out 5G in this band yet, at least not that I've seen in my travels across the internet looking for information).
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Three and EE both sell the OP8/OP8P, so presumably 5G will work just fine on those at the very least. Can't say about Vodafone myself, but there's talk over at the OnePlus forums that 5G doesn't (yet?) work on O2. Current theory is that this is because O2 haven't approved the device - can't see any technical reason why the phone shouldn't support 5G on any of the UK networks: They all use band n78 (3500MHz) and the phone supports that. O2 has additional 5G frequency in band n41 (2300MHz) which the OP8/OP8P does not support (but O2 haven't rolled out 5G in this band yet, at least not that I've seen in my travels across the internet looking for information).
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Yes, I saw that. I just want to make sure it works on Vodafone before I place my order. Thanks anyway.
Update: I contacted Vodafone and they confirmed, we should get 5G on the OnePlus 8 Pro!
I'm considering going to EE for their better 5g coverage. On three just now but 5g coverage in my area is very limited. EE is quite a bit better around me.
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I'm considering going to EE for their better 5g coverage. On three just now but 5g coverage in my area is very limited. EE is quite a bit better around me.
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EE is very good, but their pricing is insane.
I moved to Vodafone from Three and the difference is massive. I am a happy bunny now.
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EE is very good, but their pricing is insane.
I moved to Vodafone from Three and the difference is massive. I am a happy bunny now.
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I can get the EE 5g full package for £31 reduced from 40. I only pay £20 for three both packages with unlimited data. I don't have any 5g over my house at all but EE is 5g nearby in my local city whereas three isnt. Been thinking about it but really not sure. If it was over my house definitely.
Not seen the one plus on EE Anyone shed any light as can see people say they are selling it
EE wont be selling the Oneplus 8/Pro.
3 has exclusive rights in the UK.
But you can use a 5G sim in the Oneplus 8/Pro from EE
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EE wont be selling the Oneplus 8/Pro.
3 has exclusive rights in the UK.
But you can use a 5G sim in the Oneplus 8/Pro from EE
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im on EE 5G plan,
I hope 5g on EE works on the 8 Pro!
Unlike o2.
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I'm considering going to EE for their better 5g coverage. On three just now but 5g coverage in my area is very limited. EE is quite a bit better around me.
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You'd be better off sticking it out with three, because three own a huge portion of the 5g spectrum.
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You'd be better off sticking it out with three, because three own a huge portion of the 5g spectrum.
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Oh yes, every time I called cs for poor coverage, they kept saying this mantra.
I lost faith in Three building a decent network ever.
As I said, took out a Vodafone sim only and could not be happier. Three (at least for me and my family) is simply trash. No wonder it's cheap, you pay peanuts, you get monkeys (crap coverage).
This is my humble opinion, I know, some people are happy, but I spent 2×1 year suffering from Three.
The amount of frequency available to an operator doesn't equate to a good network / coverage.
(Totally anecdotal and off-topic: I used to be with Three for many years, until one day signal just vanished for our home address and we had to walk down the road to get a signal. After a month and half of vague promises of fixing it, I gave up and switched network. Haven't tried them since. This was a about five years ago now.)
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Oh yes, every time I called cs for poor coverage, they kept saying this mantra.
I lost faith in Three building a decent network ever.
As I said, took out a Vodafone sim only and could not be happier. Three (at least for me and my family) is simply trash. No wonder it's cheap, you pay peanuts, you get monkeys (crap coverage).
This is my humble opinion, I know, some people are happy, but I spent 2×1 year suffering from Three.
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Funnily enough, Vodafone were terrible for my wife. She was with them for about 15 years then they started messing up her bills, overcharged her by £300 one month then undercharged her etc. She didn't have a correct bill for a year until she left them. That was about 2 years ago. [emoji2369] I've personally found three ok but haven't tried another network for about 7 years.
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Funnily enough, Vodafone were terrible for my wife. She was with them for about 15 years then they started messing up her bills, overcharged her by £300 one month then undercharged her etc. She didn't have a correct bill for a year until she left them. That was about 2 years ago. [emoji2369] I've personally found three ok but haven't tried another network for about 7 years.
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Yes, I heard scary stories myself about their billing problems. I guess there is no perfect operator.
All I was saying, that where I live and move around (North West and Central London), I found Three very bad compared to EE (I was with them before moving to Three, but was annoyed by the high pricing) and Vodafone (not as good as EE but way better than Three).
One anecdotal case when I could not get coverage in Oxford street (yes, that Oxford street), Three cs advised me to switch to 3G only. Well, I was not happy with their solution obviously. It's hard to believe, that they will whip up a decent 5G network when they quite obviously can't nail their 4G for years.
yes, 5g works out of the box for Vodafone UK, aint any use for me though xd only Glasgow got it, so whenever i travel to work , i can see 5g popping up on the phone
So anyone know if you can get EE 5G out of the box?
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Three sell the OP8/OP8P, so presumably 5G will work just fine on there at the very least. Can't say about Vodafone myself, but there's talk over at the OnePlus forums that 5G doesn't (yet?) work on O2. Current theory is that this is because O2 haven't approved the device - can't see any technical reason why the phone shouldn't support 5G on any of the UK networks: They all use band n78 (3500MHz) and the phone supports that. O2 has additional 5G frequency in band n41 (2300MHz) which the OP8/OP8P does not support (but O2 haven't rolled out 5G in this band yet, at least not that I've seen in my travels across the internet looking for information).
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Works on all 5g bar 02 due to some dispute with the network so may come in ota. I'm on Vodafone UK and 5g worked out of box
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So anyone know if you can get EE 5G out of the box?
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Yes I got a 5g EE Plan and it worked out of box from first firmware version on launch.
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Works on all 5g bar 02 due to some dispute with the network so may come in ota. I'm on Vodafone UK and 5g worked out of box
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Yep, I contacted OnePlus customer support and they confirmed that it will need an update to work on O2. They also said while they (apparently, is my reading of it) are aware and working on it they cannot commit to actually releasing an update that fixes it at this point.
O2 have also said there's no technical reason the phone shouldn't work, and that they're not somehow preventing it.
No idea of the reasons behind this obviously. Doesn't really impact me as my home area isn't 5G enabled currently and that probably won't happen until I'm on another phone anyway.
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