Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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I've only just got my iphone 3GS...
but the service is absolutely rediculously bad.
Most of the time I'm at work, I can't even send a text without it saying 'not enough signal'.
Don't even get me started on 3G coverage. Don't think i've seen the 3G symbol once, most of the times its a little 'o' symbol which I believe means GPRS.
Not impressed you pay all this money and 99% of the time you can't do anything with it.
My old crappy orange nokia sitting next to it now has a lot of bars of signal and has 3G coverage 
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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p.s. its not just me, my boss has one too and he's gonna take his back due to how bad the reception is.
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Leighton
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Registered: 21st Feb 01
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Might just be your area then, my O2 coverage has never been bad, most of the time i can get 3G.
I have even got a signal 20 miles away from land sailing to the IOM.
Would of though the coverage in Slough would be ok though never had a problem in High Wycombe.
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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I'm in Godalming at work at the mo... bit more remote.
but I don't get great coverage at home in slough either really.
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
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Should have got an E71.
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willay
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Location: Roydon, Essex
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strange, my o2 coverage is nothing but fantastic  - Whats the building like?
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
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It may be the building. Whenever I went for a dump in the first floor toilets at work (4 story old building) I hardly every got 3G and had trouble browsing the tinterweb using my old Samsung Tocco. Since I got my E71 I can dump to my hearts content whilst browsing tinterweb in the same toilets...
Needless to say my dumps have taken a lot longer since I got the E71.
[Edited on 16-07-2009 by MarkM]
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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Nothign to do with the phone
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Paul_J
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dunno, google iphone and 3g...
a lot of people claim their iphone 3gs's get poor connectivity compared to their old iphones.
However, I think my main gripe is how crap 02 coverage seems to be.
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Leighton
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Registered: 21st Feb 01
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is there any one else in your office with a phone on O2? see what speed they get out of it?
i have a N96 but no one here has a Iphone to test against
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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there's a few of us on o2, but we've all got iphone 3Gs's and all suffer the same.
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James_DT
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
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Anyone there that has another phone on O2 to compare the 3G signal?
Check the coverage map too, see what O2 claim the signal should be.
http://www.webmap.o2.co.uk/map.asp
O2 3G coverage isn't great though, but it is getting better. Sitting here at home, I can only get 2G GPRS, but my Three dongle picks up HSDPA.
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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i first had problems when i switched to a sony w880i.. i just put it down to a shit phone.. but my iphone is no better.. quite often have to position myself like an antenna to get signal..
i do live an work in the middle of nowhere though.. as soon as i go somewhere built up i have 3g all the time
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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quote:
Originally posted by James_DT
Anyone there that has another phone on O2 to compare the 3G signal?
Check the coverage map too, see what O2 claim the signal should be.
http://www.webmap.o2.co.uk/map.asp
O2 3G coverage isn't great though, but it is getting better. Sitting here at home, I can only get 2G GPRS, but my Three dongle picks up HSDPA.
That's what I mean...
The fact that 1 device on another network is sitting there humming along at high speed and your iphone on o2 (you have no choice on network) is stuck on GPRS.
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Robbo
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O2 have appallingly bad shite bollocks 3G coverage, enjoy suckers 
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Ian W
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I just moved from T-Mobile to 02 today as I was sick of the shit T-Mobile coverage.
How gutted am I reading this thread 
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
O2 have appallingly bad shite bollocks 3G coverage, enjoy suckers
and slow internet
P.s Oranges coverage is fucking shite too
(apart from in cornwall 
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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3.5G O2 where I live on my E51, according to the 3G changing to 3.5G when surfing 
[Edited on 16-07-2009 by deano87]
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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O2 are gobshite. My iPhone never had signal anywhere at all I had to literally sit my phone outside the window of my room to get any reception ffs Never again will I be using o2.
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Leighton
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Registered: 21st Feb 01
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
3.5G O2 where I live on my E51, according to the 3G changing to 3.5G when surfing
Same for me, What dose the "E" mean when that appears? i have had that when i am on the Boat in the Irish Sea
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
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Edge?
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Ojc
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Was your building built in the 70's? Is it lead lined in case of nuclear attack?
Are you walking around dressed in a fall out suit? Are you into S&M?
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Leighton
quote:
Originally posted by deano87
3.5G O2 where I live on my E51, according to the 3G changing to 3.5G when surfing
Same for me, What dose the "E" mean when that appears? i have had that when i am on the Boat in the Irish Sea
Yeah EDGE. O2 supply the coastguards of UK and Ireland so majority of the coastal areas in the Irish Sea get coverage 
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bubble
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o2s 3g is shite. simples. it happens when networks invest too much into one area, and neglect other areas. then get fined by ofcom for it.
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Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
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I never had a problem with the internet on my iPhone anywhere I went.
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