Do look through this group for posts about their customer service.

Do read their T&C carefully or Google for "Luneberg Heath".

Do check any phone you purchase for damage - e.g. superglue in the SIM slot.

Do make sure that anything agreed is actually contained in the written
agreement.

etc.

"dazzle" <dsbmcr@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1159528818.348195.320070@i3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
> Hmmmmm
>
> Sounds very tempting - seeing as I am going to be getting a new phone.
>
> Thanks for your comprehensive feedback!
>
> Daz
>
>
> tony sayer wrote:
>> In article <1159514536.714780.265670@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups. com>,
>> dazzle <dsbmcr@hotmail.com> writes
>> >I am looking to change network from Orange and Vodafone have always
>> >peeved me off in the past. O2 dont seem to have any good offers.
>> >
>> >What about '3'? They have always been in the background but are
>> >offering some good deals and also they have the Nokia N73 which I am
>> >after.
>> >
>> >Anyone on 3?
>>
>> Yes..
>>
>> >
>> >Whats good?
>> >
>>
>> Pricing seems very good. Call quality when in a 3 area is very good.
>> Their customer services isn't that bad compared to the telecoms and
>> utilities sector overall Coverage seems to gradually get better they
>> use the O2 network as a fallback when out of range of a 3 base system.
>>
>> >Whats bad?
>>
>> Battery life was a joke but seems much better now and is comparable with
>> GSM. Sometimes the hand over between the 3 and O2 systems falls down but
>> this is only for me a problem when out in the sticks. If you mainly work
>> in urban and suburban areas then its not a problem. Calls into the 3
>> network from landline phones are more expensive.
>> >
>> >And would you stay with them/recommend them to someone?
>> >
>>
>> Yes with the above reservations. I've got a rather old NEC e616 which I
>> must get around to upgrading;! I very rarely use my 600 odd minute
>> allocation let alone the TxT's, and if it'd work a bit better in our
>> office I'd use it to make calls on more and wouldn't use the landline so
>> much, but then again the other nets are no better in there as we're
>> surrounded by trees and a lorra metal!. All in all for most users their
>> as good as any now.
>>
>> We have fones on all the nets except T-Mobile and I'd rate Vodafone
>> first for coverage and reliability then 3, O2 and Orange being much of a
>> muchness among the others!.
>>
>> I at the moment use the O2 on PAYT for incoming as we have a lot of
>> diverts from out ntl landline phone and we've got a good deal from ntl
>> into the O2 net at 8 odd pence a minute, and use the 3 for outgoing
>> calls which may seem a bit of a pain but its no problem. I keep an Old
>> vintage 2110 on Voda PAYT in a car kit in the car just in case!.
>>
>> Well connected eh;??.....
>>
>> >cheers everyone!
>> >
>> >Daz
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Tony Sayer
>