Quicker speeds virgin or 3

federer

Looking at the Sim only deals with virgin and 3. Virgin have a 15 pound a month unlimited sim however not sure how their speeds compare on the t mobile and orange network they use comapre to 3s. I know 3 use a hybrid technology, i think its 3.5g. Which is quicker ignoring the network being clogged up

criboo

Three is quicker, Virgin limits download speeds to 2mbps and on The One Plan Three don't limit speeds, last night my T-mobile download speed was trounced by my girlfriends Three speed. In the same place, at the same time, T-mobile (which the Virgin network runs on) got 8mpbs compared to almost 20 on 3. I'm changing to Three and we've got no home internet happy days

Good luck! hope I've helped

Chris

federer

cool thank you however 3 prices are quite a bit more on sim only

Buzby

They are, however the network - virgin is simply a branding, and you use another network of heir choosing based on their commercial agreements. As you always get what you pay for, you might want to try PAYG on each to see which suits - but I always find 3UK's data charges cheaper than all the others.

criboo

If you don't care for tethering, and don't use huge amounts of data then Three do a £15 payg offer, 300 mins, 3000 texts, ultd data, not a bad offer in my eyes, and you get to completely avoid their CS.

clemmatis

I had Virgin's allegedly unlimited. It was grim. 3's is a lot better.

federer

criboo wrote: »

If you don't care for tethering, and don't use huge amounts of data then Three do a £15 payg offer, 300 mins, 3000 texts, ultd data, not a bad offer in my eyes, and you get to completely avoid their CS.

do 3 not allow you to tether then to your laptop ? and whats CS ? customer service ??

Cisco001

federer wrote: »

do 3 not allow you to tether then to your laptop ? and whats CS ? customer service ??

Three allow tethering only on The One Plan

federer

ahh ok but then give you 2gb to play with. hmm anone know how many web pages that would be on a laptop. job adverts etc