In reply to a post by therioman:

That said, I find I get excellent coverage overall on 3, and certainly it is * miles* ahead of Vodafone. I can drive from Exeter to Truro, and not lose my call or data once. I can drive from Exeter to Birmingham and only lose my signal once (and yes, for all kinds of dull reasons I've tested this). On Vodafone, EE and O2 you'd be lucky to get away with 10 or fewer drops every hour.

Great! That looks as though it settles my "standby" provider/SIM problem, as you cover exactly the areas I have found problems in the past .

the roaming thing been turned off in an area seems a myth to me as everywhere i go i can force my phone onto 2G only on a 3 sim and after 2-3 minuets (there is a big delay) it roam on EE (no data thought)

It has been selectively turned off - it's mostly now off.

I shall have to think about what you say there, when less tired and not "relaxed" [cough]. It's sailing past me at the moment but looks important.

My problem - the last two paragraphs. Three seems to be getting a bit of a panning recently on these forums but their PAYG SIM seems right for me.

Depends on the conditions and where you are, I found phantom network happens a lot more on 3 then any other network I have used

The local mast near my dad's works is very broken as it is incorrectly setup on ee (4g most calls disconnect after 3 seconds or voice stops after 3 seconds but call stays connected)
If on 3g it works fine every one has to turn off 4g when they get near this area mast coverage or calls are iffy if 4g is on

As I am on business they have to fix it (just never gotten around to call them)

On 3uk 2g only roaming any where in the north-west area (data access will not enable when on ee roaming)

Really need to optimise this website for mobile use at least delock the minimum width the page has to be so it's viewable on mobile phones with out scrolling left and right

Edited by leexgx (Fri 23-Oct-15 22:08:52)

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

In reply to a post by therioman:

That said, I find I get excellent coverage overall on 3, and certainly it is * miles* ahead of Vodafone. I can drive from Exeter to Truro, and not lose my call or data once. I can drive from Exeter to Birmingham and only lose my signal once (and yes, for all kinds of dull reasons I've tested this). On Vodafone, EE and O2 you'd be lucky to get away with 10 or fewer drops every hour.

Great! That looks as though it settles my "standby" provider/SIM problem, as you cover exactly the areas I have found problems in the past .

the roaming thing been turned off in an area seems a myth to me as everywhere i go i can force my phone onto 2G only on a 3 sim and after 2-3 minuets (there is a big delay) it roam on EE (no data thought)

It has been selectively turned off - it's mostly now off.

I shall have to think about what you say there, when less tired and not "relaxed" [cough]. It's sailing past me at the moment but looks important.

My problem - the last two paragraphs. Three seems to be getting a bit of a panning recently on these forums but their PAYG SIM seems right for me.

I made the mistake of moving to EE earlier this yer... it lasted 6 weeks, 3 of which were me arguing the toss to exit the contract and move back to 3. Never again.

3 "just works" for me - I'd sooner have 3's 3G 98% of the time & 2% nothing, than Vodafone's 3G 50% of the time, and a mix of nothing and 2G the rest.

EE didn't "just work" - whatever the headline speeds, the reality is it is really inconsistent, falls back to 2G way too often, and just wasn't useable.

O2 still seem to have missed the 3G thing, let alone anything else, but if you're my mother, and you only text and call, and don't need 3G at all, they're excellent.

Vodafone... they're definately "when it's good, it's great" ... but most of the time, it's poor.

In reply to a post by leexgx:

Depends on the conditions and where you are, I found phantom network happens a lot more on 3 then any other network I have used

The local mast near my dad's works is very broken as it is incorrectly setup on ee (4g most calls disconnect after 3 seconds or voice stops after 3 seconds but call stays connected)

Voice calls only use 3G or 2G, they don't use 4G, yet. So what you describe doesn't make any sense.

As I am on business they have to fix it (just never gotten around to call them)

You think having a business contract means you will get special attention - nope, sorry. Unless you have *thousands* of accounts.

On 3uk 2g only roaming any where in the north-west area (data access will not enable when on ee roaming)

That is technically the idea, it was only supposed to ofer the 3 walled garden (no idea if that even exists anymore), but it was always inconsistent - it certainly did allow general internet in Fowey...

Really need to optimise this website for mobile use at least delock the minimum width the page has to be so it's viewable on mobile phones with out scrolling left and right

Works just fine on my Blackberry Passport... maybe you need a wider phone

In reply to a post by therioman:

In reply to a post by leexgx:

Depends on the conditions and where you are, I found phantom network happens a lot more on 3 then any other network I have used

The local mast near my dad's works is very broken as it is incorrectly setup on ee (4g most calls disconnect after 3 seconds or voice stops after 3 seconds but call stays connected)

Voice calls only use 3G or 2G, they don't use 4G, yet. So what you describe doesn't make any sense.

As I am on business they have to fix it (just never gotten around to call them)

You think having a business contract means you will get special attention - nope, sorry. Unless you have *thousands* of accounts.

On 3uk 2g only roaming any where in the north-west area (data access will not enable when on ee roaming)

That is technically the idea, it was only supposed to ofer the 3 walled garden (no idea if that even exists anymore), but it was always inconsistent - it certainly did allow general internet in Fowey...

Really need to optimise this website for mobile use at least delock the minimum width the page has to be so it's viewable on mobile phones with out scrolling left and right

Works just fine on my Blackberry Passport... maybe you need a wider phone

does make sense when on 4G the call has to Drop to 3G or 2G, when in incoming call happens the 4G receives a drop down to 3G to allow the call to make the phone ring and then connect once answered

the issue is sometimes the 4G to 3G handoff does not work correctly and results in a no voice after 2-3 seconds or the call terminates (i don't fully understand why it happens i just know it does) , windows phone and iphone both have same issue (iphone has more issue then the windows phone almost all calls failing)

i found blackberry phones radio far better than android and iphone (windows phones love 4G) but not had a BB 10 phone to test much on

again this is a mast fault as far as i can tell and they do need to fix it as it only happens at that area, just need to report it tomorrow see if they can fix the configuration on the mast(s)

i have to have the phone in landscape mode to use this site but then the keyboard is annoying to big as it spans the phone screen