UK Carriers Launch Subsidized iPad Sales With Two-Year Data Contracts

[Seamaster]

3 may have a good plan, but trust me from someone living in England, its signal is awful, worse than AT&T's.
the best one I'd say is O2 for signal, followed by Orange.

OFCOM's maps say the exact opposite. Three's coverage and speeds are the best in the UK by a country mile, and O2's the worst. My personal experience travelling the UK and trying microSIMS from all the networks backs this up. Their coverage has been so impressive, I've switched my iPhone over to them from O2. I now have both devices connected to Three for half what I was paying O2 for the iPhone alone, and better coverage to boot.

 

[ACDeag]

OFCOM's maps say the exact opposite. Three's coverage and speeds are the best in the UK by a country mile, and O2's the worst. My personal experience travelling the UK and trying microSIMS from all the networks backs this up.

I would agree, I first used an O2 sim in my iPad mainly because of the ease of signing up for the daily package, however soon discovered that I kept losing their signal.

Tried Orange one but gave up with their awful method of adding a data package, when the people answering the phones did not have a clue what I was asking for, promised to call back and never did.

Finally tried 3 and haven't looked back. Used to buy the 30 day deal for £10, now I only pay £2 for a day when I need it. Coverage is good and you can add data from their web site from the web site as 3's site works even without an active data package.

 

[Seamaster]

Finally tried 3 and haven't looked back. Used to buy the 30 day deal for £10, now I only pay £2 for a day when I need it. Coverage is good and you can add data from their web site from the web site as 3's site works even without an active data package.

I was on the 10GB/£15 plan, found I couldn't even use a fraction of that a month (I get free unlimited Openzone with my BT Total Broadband), so I dropped to the 1GB/£7.50 plan. That plus the £10 plan for my iPhone means I am getting both devices connected to Three for half what I was paying O2 for my iPhone alone. Which is nice.

 

[ACDeag]

I was on the 10GB/£15 plan, found I couldn't even use a fraction of that a month (I get free unlimited Openzone with my BT Total Broadband), so I dropped to the 1GB/£7.50 plan. That plus the £10 plan for my iPhone means I am getting both devices connected to Three for half what I was paying O2 for my iPhone alone. Which is nice.

I would have my iPhone on 3 if they did a Femtocell. One of the addresses I need to use it at has no mobile coverage so the Vodafone SureSignal is my only solution at the moment.

 

[geo m]

I just dont get why this would be appealing. £199 with £27 a month for 2 years locked into a contract??!

I bought a 32gb 3G from PC World on finance and it cost me just over £100 there and then and just over £20 a month for 2 years. But I can pay off the balance at any time if I want to and it leaves me free to swap and change provider. Three was definitely the best for me on a pay as you go deal. Picked up a sim and then just £10 for 1gb of data for a month (£15 for 3gb ) as and when you want it. No contract or reoccurring payments and the option to switch provider when ever I feel like it. To me, it's a much more sensible way to do things just for flexibility and to remove the feeling that I'm being ripped off.

 

[weckart]

Edit: Also in their favour, 3 is the only UK operator that doesn't behave like a dinosaur and try and tell you what you're allowed to do with your ones and zeros. Might switch my iPhone to 3 too...

Not true. 3 is actually the one operator that really does play nanny with your data. It blocks any number of 'adult' sites, most of which are actually innocuous forums and the like purely because it wants to redirect you to its own premium adult sites. Nasty.

 

[deadkennedy]

In UK I was getting the same value for £15 for what in US I now pay £50. Good job AT&T on ripping us all off.

 

[j_maddison]

Not true. 3 is actually the one operator that really does play nanny with your data. It blocks any number of 'adult' sites, most of which are actually innocuous forums and the like purely because it wants to redirect you to its own premium adult sites. Nasty.

Have you researched this?? ........

 

[weckart]

Have you researched this?? ........

I'm on O2. Others have done the 'research' so I didn't have to.

 

[Youngy]

Not true. 3 is actually the one operator that really does play nanny with your data. It blocks any number of 'adult' sites, most of which are actually innocuous forums and the like purely because it wants to redirect you to its own premium adult sites. Nasty.

Using my Vodafone SIM plan in my iPhone 4 some innocuous forums are blocked with 'content control'. I tried to get this removed in my account section online, they ask for £1 charge to prove you're an adult but I've tried twice now and it never works.
So its not just 3 playing nanny

 

[RobQuads]

I would have my iPhone on 3 if they did a Femtocell. One of the addresses I need to use it at has no mobile coverage so the Vodafone SureSignal is my only solution at the moment.

I've never understood why so many of the UK operaters don't use femtocells. So many people I know are really happy with thier service everywhere bar thier home but end up going with the company that they can use at home (understandable). All they would need is a Femtocell and they would have stayed on thier original supplier

 

[Carniphage]

3 may have a good plan, but trust me from someone living in England, its signal is awful, worse than AT&T's.
the best one I'd say is O2 for signal, followed by Orange.

My experience is exactly the opposite.
I am repeatedly astonished by how fast Three is.
Recent example: Fast enough for a Facetime call in a moving car!

I was three years with O2 - and never got satisfactory data. O2 frequently displays a 3G icon, but it vanishes as soon as you actually use data.

C.