Virgin Mobile

Jessiepig

Hi I have found a great deal with virgin but do they have thier own network or share someonelses. also is their service any good as do not jknow anyone on virgin.
Thank you

Creditcardkid

Virgin uses T-Mobiles network. Use them for PAYG and found them to be very good. HTH

Saucepot

I've had 2 virgin pay as you go phones for a couple of years. there okay. cheap and cheerful. i think they piggy back another network, but couldn't tell you which.

my only gripe is the network is busy every new years eve, so texts don't go.

not a major gripe for me, so long as they remain cheap.

Jessiepig

Interesting but I thought that T-mobile were not very good. The deal I am looking at is on contract

espresso

Jessiepig wrote:

Interesting but I thought that T-mobile were not very good. The deal I am looking at is on contract

Try a PAYG SIM before committing to a contract. There is a lot of rubbish talked about T-Mobile coverage but all networks have areas of bad coverage!

HTH

richardjames73

Its always worth checking out a networks coverage at the place you tend to use the phone the most, either from a friends phone or a pay as you go sim if you have an unlocked phone, before commiting to a contract.

Jessiepig

Not really interested in PAYG but I know that both Vodaphone and O2 work well in my house due to new booster ariels nearby.
Not sure about T-mobile as again do not know anyone on this network.

BexTech

Saucepot wrote:

I've had 2 virgin pay as you go phones for a couple of years. there okay. cheap and cheerful. i think they piggy back another network, but couldn't tell you which.

my only gripe is the network is busy every new years eve, so texts don't go.

not a major gripe for me, so long as they remain cheap.

I've had Virgin phone service for a few years too, very helpful CS, and very happy with the service.

All networks suffer problems with SMS during very busy periods like New Year, people on O2 and Orange were complaining this year because a lot were failing or taking 3 or more days to be received. SMS uses spare capacity on the network, and have the lowest priority, therefore if there are loads of calls happening, SMS has to suffer slightly.

Though Orange customers were complaining also as they were struggling to make calls, as the network was busy.

Jessiepig

Yes I agree they all have problems. It sounds like you have had good service from Virgin so might give this a go. Thank you

richardjames73

What deal are you going for Jessiepig?

Edinburghlass_2

Jessiepig wrote:

Not really interested in PAYG but I know that both Vodaphone and O2 work well in my house due to new booster ariels nearby.
Not sure about T-mobile as again do not know anyone on this network.

But what expresso is suggesting that you try a PAYG sim in whatever network before you commit to a contract

Good advice I would say as there are a lot of people on here who are complaining they don't get a good reception after they have taken out a contract with a network