3 is the cheapest, but is it best

Frozen_up_north

tissot wrote: »

have you been offered any compensation for all the inconveniences?

Sort of, they are not going to charge for the month (£25)... I will wait and see if they do, I don't have a lot of faith in them although they did manage to transfer the balance of money from my old pay as you go SIM...

quacker1964

Can anyone advise on what happens at the end of the contract when you wish to give notice of leave? I've heard (always a friend of a friend story) they offer Allsorts of extra minutes to keep you?

I already know with my S3 I must pay an unlock fee unlike Vodaphone who sorted my IPhone unlock without charge.

Just pre-empting any future issues

mchu6am4

Got my pac code yesterday and just got call from Three offering 500xnetwork minutes, 2000 3to3 min, unlimited text and all you can eat data for £11 with free alcatel touch 905 phone - two year contract....not sure if 4g will be available free when it becomes available if im already in a contract...

Rose25

Hii,
Micro max phones are cheaper but good in use. i still use micro max X510.
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cinereus

Frozen_up_north wrote: »

Be careful jumping out of the frying pan into the fire...

A friend on an O2 SIM only contract, upgraded to an iPhone 4S (which needed a new micro SIM from O2) and found it wouldn't work, on phoning them she was told you need an iPhone specific SIM!

That's completely wrong. Any micro-SIM will work in an (unlocked) iPhone 4S.

mikeholden

I've been with 3 for a bit now, on a SIM only contract. I realised my monthly phone minutes were a bit low on the SIM100 deal I was on (£10 per month for 100 minutes, 3000 texts and 1Gb internet). They have a SIM200 deal (£12.90), but the intenet is only 500Mb so not suitable. I quoted a Virgin deal for £12 for 1200 minutes and otherwise the same, and in the end they offered me an addon of an extra 250 minutes at a new price of £10.21. Of course I wanted a reassurance that this was the total new price, and not in addition to the current £10, and was assured that this was the case.

Of course I've just got my new monthly bill for over £21, so I'm not happy. They assure me they will review the recording and get back to me, and I have to keep the addon for a month so they can't cancel it immediately.

I've been promised a call back within 24-48 hours, but I'm not holding my breath.

If this doesn't get resolved with a full refund, and quickly, I'm off to another provider. Looks like it may be time to look into dispute resolution paths soon :-(

jetters_2

Hi everyone! :wave:

I used to be with 3 for 3 years (2x18 contracts) back in 2006-8ish, after that I went to Orange for 18mo, PAYG for a few months (money trouble), Vodafone for 2 years (who I'd previously spent donkeys with on PAYG as a teenager), but back in October I returned to Three.
Or rather, 'come home' to Three.
I wanted the iPhone 5, I'd been wanting an iPhone since the first one had come out, but I was always in contract when one came out, or when I wasn't - I was too skint to get one :roll:
So the stars aligned - I got myself an iPhone 5 in October.
I could not be happier. Three are amazing.
I'm on The One Plan, 2000 xnet mins, 5000 3-3 mins, 5000 texts and All You Can Eat data, and boy do I get my fill.
The first 3 days I had the phone, I ate my way though over 1GB. Slowed down a bit since, but I've still noshed through 19GB in about 4 months! :whistle:

The speeds I get too on the iPhone with DC-HSDPA are nuts.
The day I got the phone out of the box - 12mb/s in our kitchen. Phenomenal. Our Sky "broadband" averages 1.5mb/s.
One day in town, waiting for Mrs Jetters, I did a SpeedTest and nailed 20mb/s. Three said it was one of the highest they'd seen on 3G. Even on a bad day, I'm getting 3-5mb/s.
My only sliiiight gripe - not sure if it's an iPhone or Three thing - if you're in an area with no 3G coverage, you're stuffed. You literally can't do anything.
On previous phones (Nokia, Blackberry) you could at least do something (albeit slow) on GPRS/EDGE. No chance with Three.
Now looking at getting a 2nd line on my contract for the Mrs, been offered it on the cheap too.

Anyway. I'll stop my Three party and carry on...
:beer: :wave:

jetters_2

Wow, that came across like I bloody work for them! :rotfl:
I don't! I just work in Asda, honest!

jetters_2

Few days ago I got a 2nd line for Mrs Jetters-to-be, she'd never been on Three and now loves it - and will be finally getting rid of T-Mobile, who despite being with for nearly 4 years have treated her like crap!

Supatramp

jetters wrote: »

Hi everyone! :wave:

My only sliiiight gripe - not sure if it's an iPhone or Three thing - if you're in an area with no 3G coverage, you're stuffed. You literally can't do anything.
On previous phones (Nokia, Blackberry) you could at least do something (albeit slow) on GPRS/EDGE. No chance with Three.
:beer: :wave:

Your lack of 3G coverage is down to 3, on the UK mainland they no longer have 2G back-up.
My wife has been with 3 for several years and is pretty happy with them, I've had a 3 dongle for several years and I'm reasonably happy with it although in some areas it drops the signal a lot, which can be very frustrating!
I'd be happy to move to 3 for my mobile but as I travel extensively throughout Scotland, the lack of 3G meaning no signal/connection at all could be a real issue for me. A further side issue is that for calls and texts 2G is perfectly adequate and uses less battery than 3G.