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Originally Posted by i-Set
yes but what is their network and coverage like?
they dont have their own one do they...i read somewhere that they use some other operators?
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Most 'virtual network' operators in the UK are carried by T-Mobile. I believe Virgin's phone service is no exception.
T-Mobile is by far the least well-developed 2-G network in the UK, although you only tend to suffer the effects of that if you go away from the towns and cities. I live in a very rural spot, and only Orange works reliably inside my house, but Voda and O2 are both available - sort of - if you stand in the right place, or go outside. T-Mobile, on the other hand, don't even pretend to offer service here, which excludes me from all sorts of cheap deals.
I don't use my phone much and was very tempted by Ikea's pay-as-you-go SIM only offer, until I found that they, too, are carried by T-Mobile.
Ah well. At least with not using the phone very much, it actually doesn't matter too much who I get my service from. A fiver a month is a fiver a month ...