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Mutley

Original Poster:

3,178 posts

258 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Am looking at changing my mobile provider to 3. I use data more than voice/texting and an S5 on their all you can eat deal is £40 per month.

What is peoples experience with 3? Are they any good?

Pete102

2,042 posts

185 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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I changed to them a couple of months ago..IIRC I pay 12.90 ish a month for Unlimited data, couple of hundren minutes and 5000 texts.

As I understand the unlimited data is truely unlimited. Essentially you could watch a movie 24 hours a day for the entire month and it wouldnt cost any more.

No complaints here.

Mutley

Original Poster:

3,178 posts

258 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Thanks for that, basically i was looking at price for price, current costs against what I'd get for the same price.
Do you get issues with coverage?
I did notice in their pricing that texts are priced in minutes, so I presume that they come out of the talk time?

onyx39

11,109 posts

149 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Been with Three for about 18 months now.
More than happy. Unlimited Data is great.
Considering the fact that (I am told) most mobile operators gain most of their revenue from Data, I have no idea how Three are still in business, but I am glad they are!

HarryFlatters

4,203 posts

211 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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I'm with 3 also, and I've got a sim only deal that's £11 per month. For that I get 2gb data, 100 minutes and 3000 texts. There have been some signal issues when I've been staying in Aberdeen, but other than that it's been trouble free.

There are also quite a few countries where you can use your plan with no roaming charges, but I think a lot of providers are offering this now.

DervVW

2,223 posts

138 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Data isn't as fast recently - on 3g anyway.
But usually top notch, usually great or no coverage, not much in between, just check you can get coverage at all the places you usually are.

MGZRod

8,086 posts

175 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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I've got a 3 sim in my iPad so a data only plan but coverage wise it's not too bad but as with the poster above, it can be a bit patchy here. (I'm in Aberdeen)

Siko

1,976 posts

241 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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There's a few threads on here already about three wink but I must admit I'm impressed. They were the cheapest for my 5S anyway but with unlimited data and I can get 4g free when I venture out of the sticks. On top of this they have arrangements with foreign mobile providers and I can use my full allowances when I go to France for free.....unbeatable.

essayer

9,008 posts

193 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Another happy customer here too. Switched to the One plan from Voda in October and have got through about 50GB in that time - and this year, 4G added for free, plus some good roaming deals

Only gripe for me is that in the City of London/Canary Wharf it is quite hard to get decent data throughout at busy times, but I think all the networks suffer with this to some extent. 3 are about to enable free access to the Underground wifi too.

mathmos

717 posts

173 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Yep I am pretty happy too on the 12.90 deal, the no extra cost of 4g is also a bit of a winner when you can get it


Who me ?

7,455 posts

211 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Check the coverage .I've got a 3 PAYG in place of a land line and I've got constant signal problems downstairs and sometimes up stairs. No problems on Voddy, and both use the same transmit site.

onlynik

3,978 posts

192 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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3g speeds can be very patching in large cities.

I've so far been unable to try their usage abroad, as for some reason my phone doesn't work abroad, despite me asking for it and being told it is active, it doesn't work. When I phoned the helpdesk to tell them it didn't work, I was met with the answer, "but it is enabled" which didn't help, and then when I replied that it still didn't work even when enabled, the helpdesk operative told me to call them when it's not working.

Would I recommend them, no. But like all services they are mostly OK until something goes wrong.

jjones

4,422 posts

192 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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not found any data caps, but the coverage is not as good as EE. if you can live with 3.5GB at uncapped speeds then any use over 3.5GB the 3G speed is capped at 50k/sec until the end of the month then Virgin are not a bad bet as they piggy back on the EE network and it costs about the same as the 3 deal.

V8mate

45,899 posts

188 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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[quote=Who me ?]Check the coverage .
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Local knowledge is really important when choosing a mobile provider. I switched to 3 18 months ago and it's been awesome. That won't however be the case if you live in an area where their coverage is less good.

So what we can confirm, is that 3 isn't the also-ran it was ten years ago. He needs to ask around at work for people's experiences in his area though.

V8covin

7,212 posts

192 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Coverage is definitely an issue with 3.
A number of times I've had no signal in places where other people on other networks do

V8mate

45,899 posts

188 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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V8covin said:
Coverage is definitely an issue with 3.
A number of times I've had no signal in places where other people on other networks do
And vice versa, IME. Will always be the way.

_Deano

7,405 posts

252 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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I moved over to 3 at the end of last year, and i've been very happy with them. There are no limits on the data usage and i pay £15 per month for 'The One' tariff. The most that i've consumed in a month is about 3.5GB.
I think that i have unlimited txt and about 2000 mins too, but i seldomly use the phone for these features.


bazza white

3,550 posts

127 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Moved about 4 months ago and gutted I didn't do it sooner.

I'm on the £12.90 tarrif but you can pick the £9.** tarrif for extra minsand then bolt on for unlimited net and its still dirt cheap.


Who me ?

7,455 posts

211 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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V8mate said:
[quote=Who me ?]Check the coverage .
Local knowledge is really important when choosing a mobile provider. I switched to 3 18 months ago and it's been awesome. That won't however be the case if you live in an area where their coverage is less good.

So what we can confirm, is that 3 isn't the also-ran it was ten years ago. He needs to ask around at work for people's experiences in his area though.
I think the point was missed. Voddy and 3 use a common mast , with Voddy a tad higher . Both masts broadcast at the same frequency and same power and same type of transmission . I find that apart from home, I get a decent signal in other parts of the town. Looking at the comparative mast heights, I can only think that I've got a better line of site from the Voddy mast than 3.

Mutley

Original Poster:

3,178 posts

258 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Thanks for the responses. Basically call coverage seems to be the biggest issue. Am not a big talker on phones, so what is the data coverage luke?
Speaking to work colleague, he said he would call a friend on 3 and leave a message, then have to leave another to push the first through. Anyone else had this?