There are plenty of UK people having problems over in the Apple discussions thread. Seriously, read the thread, to make it easy search for O2 or UK.
Secondly your comments about Australia's phone services are way off base. We have had 3G services for much longer that the USA. Our prices certainly aren't good, but there is generally no problems with the coverage or network (unless you happen to use an iPhone 3G...)
Have you every actually tried using another 3G phone before? Do you know anyone who has? Was it a 3G phone with a decent browser or a crappy one?
I've seen your posts defending Apple in many of the threads we have been linking to *aristotle-dude... It's almost like you work for Apple PR? I can understand people with issues wanting to get out there and tell everyone about their problems. But people blindly defending Apple in the face of mounting evidence (and refusing to acknowledge the issues that are occurring) seems a little strange.
edit - new link -
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10016483-37.html
I've seem you on numerous boards pumping up this issue but I've yet to see quote or even links from these supposed UK users posted by you. I'm sorry but I don't have time to search myself in an attempt to prove
your point.
Why did you feel the need to resort to an
Ad hominem attack? That is usually the act of a person of a desperate person on the losing end of an argument.
Why would a supposed researcher from a government funded University feel the need to remain anonymous? That casts doubt on the veracity of this "story" from Sweden.
Why are you blindly accepting the reports and so eager to believe that this is a widespread issue beyond your area in Australia and in the US with AT&T? Why have Canadian users reported good coverage after some initial hickups? Why are you so unwilling to accept that it might be a network issue or a capacity issue after Canadians like myself provided an account of how our provider fixed our problem via the network?
Not that it is any of your business but I work in the financial sector as a software developer.
Since you opened the door by attacking me first, are you motivated to make a big deal out of this because you work for a competing handset manufacturer or a competitor to the official iPhone service providers in Australia?
What I find interesting is that everyone at CNET is now trying to pump up this story but during their review of the iPhone 3G prior to launch, they seemed to have zero reception voice or data issues with their review units on AT&T. Of course, this was before there were potentially tens of thousands of iPhone 3Gs running on the 3G network in addition to the other existing 3G traffic.
Things that make you go "hmmmm".