orange 3g usless :(

grrr wish orange 3g wud stop going down every month and stop having bin laden call centres

Where are you located? I'm in north Staffordshire and can get no data IP on Orange 3G, GPRS or T-Mobile GPRS so something's up.

Ah, constructive criticism.

Essex

I was travelling from south Berkshire up to Brum this evening and wanted to check the traffic (RDS said the M4 was clogged westbound between J12/Theale and J13/Chieveley).

I couldn't get any data connectivity from my Orange San Francisco, either via Orange or T-Mobile signal-sharing/roaming, either via 2G or 3G. I initially blamed the SF (it's been getting on my nerves), but half an hour or so later (in Pangbourne, well away from the M4) there was connectivity again.

I wonder if something happened to Orange data earlier today?

I picked up a media comment at 10pm last night (BHM) that the Orange phone network was "having problems" (=down?), appeared back by 10.30 though. It does raise the question though if major customers can be informed why can't they maintain a status page for national/regional issues? I was at home where usefully my mobile uses the (unadvertised, for some reason) facility to connect through their home broadband (via the router) rather than a transmitter, so didn't notice any disconnection.

Edited by deleted (Tue 03-May-11 06:53:14)