After 12 years, I think I'm going to leave Orange for Three

roadtripin

Hi All,

I've currently on the old Everyday 50 tarrif with Orange, I pay approx £14 a month in line rental but the bill often comes in at £25 because I call outside the free times.

I work in London and since a new building went up over the road to my office I no longer get any reception during the day! The reception at home isn't that great either. My contract has just finished so I think its a good time to move.

The three £15 tarrif looks like a very good deal - 250mins + 50 txt.

I have a couple of questions that I'm hoping you can help me out with:

1. I've heard that three use Oranges network. If true, moving to three will not solve my network problem. Any ideas if this is true?

2. What is the best phone that three offer at the moment? The list is here: http://threestore.three.co.uk/planoffers.aspx?tariffid=626&showall=true

Are the free phones any good? I was thinking about one of the free nokias.

I don't need many features. I just like a small, light phone. Nokia prefered. Good responce time is important. My SPV c600 seems really slow whenever I push buttons. I don't mind paying.

Many thanks in advance !!

Jazzyjeff_2

Yes they do use orange as back up now, so if you have no 3 signal it will revert to orange. So If 3 is not good in your area then you would be no better off...

You may be able to sell that orange tariff on ebay, used to fetch around £70...not sure if still the case

roadtripin

I want to keep my number so I wont be selling the tarrif. I'm sure I can get something for my SPV c600 though.

I'll have find someone in my building with three to check the reception!