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I feel lucky that I'm the UK because of the carrier debacle!

bullseyetech

bullseyetech

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Aug 29, 2010
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I feel for you guys in the states with all this carrier non-sense because in the UK every single carrier no matter how big or small is carrying the iPhone 4! But hopefully by Jan 2011 it will get a little better with a Verizon iPhone (fingers crossed for you guys)
 
I am in London right now, and I feel lucky that I am from the States
My iPhone works great with AT&T with no problems
But your internet over here blows chunks :)
 
I'm on the USA and it doesn't bother me. We pay $200 for an iPhone with a 2 year contract extension. Contract doesn't bother me cause I'm a very satisfied AT&T customer and have been for years.

Marc
 
there is no "carrier debacle"... just one carrier that has iphone 4 and three that don't...customers on those "other three" have just been whining for the last three years to get an iPhone
 
Zcott said:
Wish I could say the same for Belfast….speed test earlier revealed a 0.4mb connection on the O2 and 2.8mb on 3…;-)
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Try switching your mobile data apn from idata.o2.co.Uk to mobile.o2.co.uk and set username as 'bypass'

Only do this for mobile data, not visual voicemail or mms!

Then enable airplane mode for 30s then try another speed test :)
 
bullseyetech said:
I feel for you guys in the states with all this carrier non-sense because in the UK every single carrier no matter how big or small is carrying the iPhone 4! But hopefully by Jan 2011 it will get a little better with a Verizon iPhone (fingers crossed for you guys)
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The only thing Brits had that benefited them was that they had 5 national carriers --- but that's no longer true with the merger of Orange and T-Mobile UK.

You are going to see debacles after debacles from now on in the UK.
 
The competition is good though.

Three of the networks announced prices but one, '3', waited a month or so.

Then they undercut everyone.

So my iPhone only cost £99, with the contract being £30 a month for 1gig data.

Orange is a rip-off £229 + £35 a month for 750Mb data.

If Orange was the sole network we'd all be paying over the odds.

AT&T can charge what they like. You desperately need more networks offering it over there to push the price down.
 
MacDawg said:
Ibahn provides service to the Marriott hotel and I have had nothing but trouble with their wired and wireless connection, customer service, speeds, connections and more.

It has been incredibly frustrating
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So your free hotel wifi sucks, so that mean the whole of the UK's broadband is terrible?
 
Been with AT&T for almost 15 years. And Verizon is just as bad in this area. Sadly, Sprint's coverage is the only solid one. Though, going just on customer service experiences, I'd like to see a T-Mobile iPhone.
 
j2004p said:
Seriously?!? Which UK are you living in?

Unless you live in the middle of a big city anything between 2 - 4 MB is far more likely!
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I'm not in a big city and I can have 50mb bb with 200mb rolling out in the next few months!
 
Ditto - out in the 'burbs and 50mbit with Virgin here.

Just ordered myself a SIM free 32gb iphone 4.....£599, ouch! However that does mean £10pm with 1gig of data on 30 day contract, so it'll balance out eventually :)
 
If there was really a true, not-propopogated-by-haters debacle, how do you explain the iPhone being the most popular phone of all time.

It has been on AT&T from day one and is still on AT&T only today.

The only people that criticize are those that believe every company, no matter their operational challenges, should be held to some elite level of business integrity. Self entitled pricks pretty much.

If AT&T is bad, why are so many people on it?

I have worked for every carrier and I will be the first to tell you how stupid these people are and how ignorant they are to how a mobile phone company functions and the logistical limitations of coverage and expansion.
 
If there was really a true, not-propopogated-by-haters debacle, how do you explain the iPhone being the most popular phone of all time.

It has been on AT&T from day one and is still on AT&T only today.
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Because they have no choice, obviously.

If it cost $2000 people would still sign up. Less of course, but some still would.

But it would be far better for the average consumer if he had a choice. Competition drives down prices and benefits the man on the street.
 
Skaffenuk said:
Ditto - out in the 'burbs and 50mbit with Virgin here.

Just ordered myself a SIM free 32gb iphone 4.....£599, ouch! However that does mean £10pm with 1gig of data on 30 day contract, so it'll balance out eventually :)
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You're going to have a long wait then. Mine is still like 2 weeks from shipping and everyday will be painful lol
 
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