3 and corporate larceny

cproudlove

I'm hoping to enlist the power of MSE to expose the blatant dishonesty of 3 mobile phones and Hutchison 3G UK Limited.
They claim to have roaming agreements in all major European countries. Not true. I've just returned from Spain - Girona and Barcelona to be precise - with absolutely no service whatsoever. I found myself cut off from my family and business at one of the busiest times of year. Others I spoke to had no problems with Vodafone, O2 and Orange, yet 3/Hutchison get away with what is basically corporate larceny.
Now I know why my daughter, who was also foolish enough to sign up with 3, is unable to send text messages to France - a complaint I voiced on the MSE forum some weeks ago.
Sincerely
Christopher Proudlove

King_David_2

3 - Welcome to our network.

I can't repeat what I say every time I hear their adverts.

Three have been constantly mentioned on this site for their bad coverage - I currently have a contract phone with Vodafone and would never dream of touching 3.

matrix999

3 are C**P enough said!!

gary38uk

got my son a 3 phone.
it says that we should have coverage, but we have not.
luckly the plan is to unlock the phone after the credit ends and use his vodaphone sim in it.

paulspenceley

cproudlove,

This might be a silly question, but did you enable roaming before you left?

I have been using three in several different countries for the last few weeks without any problem. If anything the coverage is much better than in the UK. It was a hassle getting the roaming enabled, as initally they wanted a £250 deposit, but they relented after a great deal of arguing.

Paul.

Steve_xx

I use 3. I must say that it hasn't caused me any problems coverage wise.

I tried it on motorway journeys Manchester to Liverpool and Liverpool to Redditch, and experienced no problems. It even worked in the Mersey tunnel!