Comments on: 3UK: 99.5% voice and text coverage http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/3uk_995_voice_and_text_coverage_.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:43:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roger Kondrat http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/3uk_995_voice_and_text_coverage_.html/comment-page-1#comment-243464 Roger Kondrat Mon, 19 May 2008 13:13:24 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6396#comment-243464 Apology extended. As much as I hate being wrong, I can't change the facts :)<br><br>Cheers Apology extended. As much as I hate being wrong, I can't change the facts :)

Cheers

]]> By: Roger Kondrat http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/3uk_995_voice_and_text_coverage_.html/comment-page-1#comment-235828 Roger Kondrat Mon, 19 May 2008 08:13:24 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6396#comment-235828 Apology extended. As much as I hate being wrong, I can't change the facts :)<br><br>Cheers Apology extended. As much as I hate being wrong, I can't change the facts :)

Cheers

]]> By: Roger Kondrat http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/3uk_995_voice_and_text_coverage_.html/comment-page-1#comment-227370 Roger Kondrat Mon, 19 May 2008 07:13:24 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6396#comment-227370 Apology extended. As much as I hate being wrong, I can't change the facts :)<br><br>Cheers Apology extended. As much as I hate being wrong, I can't change the facts :)

Cheers

]]> By: squawkBOX http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/3uk_995_voice_and_text_coverage_.html/comment-page-1#comment-227369 squawkBOX Mon, 19 May 2008 00:40:00 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6396#comment-227369 As an employee of the company in question, I can say that rickyc's post is spot on. 3 are partnering with T-Mobile only for the 3G coverage (which has not started yet.) The company use Orange for 2.5G (and it was previously o2) where there is no 3G coverage. As an employee of the company in question, I can say that rickyc's post is spot on. 3 are partnering with T-Mobile only for the 3G coverage (which has not started yet.) The company use Orange for 2.5G (and it was previously o2) where there is no 3G coverage.

]]> By: Ricky Chotai http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/3uk_995_voice_and_text_coverage_.html/comment-page-1#comment-227368 Ricky Chotai Sun, 18 May 2008 23:15:32 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6396#comment-227368 roger 3 use orange as their 2.5g partner not t-mobile the deal with t mobile is only concerning 3g. Prior to just using orange, 3 used o2 as a 2.5g partner and for a period of time some consumers could roam on both orange and o2! roger 3 use orange as their 2.5g partner not t-mobile the deal with t mobile is only concerning 3g. Prior to just using orange, 3 used o2 as a 2.5g partner and for a period of time some consumers could roam on both orange and o2!

]]> By: Roger Kondrat http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/3uk_995_voice_and_text_coverage_.html/comment-page-1#comment-227367 Roger Kondrat Sun, 18 May 2008 22:18:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6396#comment-227367 Squawk sorry to point this out but you need to check your facts. Three partnered with T-Mobile last year on their infrastructure not Orange.<br><br><a href="http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Dec2007/5531.htm">http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Dec2007/5531.htm</a><br><br>Also a combined T-Mobile and Three network although it probably is not (yet) 99.5% 3G coverage its probably around the 95% mark, not exactly the worst distortion in advertising. e.g. Unlimited broadband.<br><br>Pays to check before you rock on... But good clarification on the 'Voice and Text' issue. Squawk sorry to point this out but you need to check your facts. Three partnered with T-Mobile last year on their infrastructure not Orange.

http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Dec2007/5531.htm

Also a combined T-Mobile and Three network although it probably is not (yet) 99.5% 3G coverage its probably around the 95% mark, not exactly the worst distortion in advertising. e.g. Unlimited broadband.

Pays to check before you rock on… But good clarification on the 'Voice and Text' issue.

]]> By: squawkBOX http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/3uk_995_voice_and_text_coverage_.html/comment-page-1#comment-227366 squawkBOX Wed, 07 May 2008 14:43:16 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6396#comment-227366 3's definition of "voice and text" is either using 3's own 3G network or Orange's 2.5G network. They thought that 2G would be too much confusion for customers so they called it 'voice and text' coverage.<br><br>Obv. their 3G coverage is less than that...<br><br>Although what is confusing is having the percentage of the voice and text network along with the statement, "The biggest 3G network"... I think that might count as misleading as 99.5% doesn't refer to the 3G side of stff. tut tut. 3's definition of “voice and text” is either using 3's own 3G network or Orange's 2.5G network. They thought that 2G would be too much confusion for customers so they called it 'voice and text' coverage.

Obv. their 3G coverage is less than that…

Although what is confusing is having the percentage of the voice and text network along with the statement, “The biggest 3G network”… I think that might count as misleading as 99.5% doesn't refer to the 3G side of stff. tut tut.

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