Cable Forum - View Single Post - Are we SURE there's no 3G on the "everywhere" switch?

Matth · 04-11-2011, 19:29

Might be worth getting the settings re-sent, in case they've changed, and on a lot of phones, it seems you have to enable "data roaming" or dismiss a warning.

It's a messy solution, but what can they do?
If they call the combined network T-Mobile, then everyone with Orange phones will need to be unlocked, or if they call it Orange, then every T-moble (and virtual networks on) will need unlocking.

Or if they call it something completely new, they'll have to hand out free unlocks to everyone!

So I guess we're doomed to this roaming compromise for ever more (the compromise on 3G, though maybe that could change at some point, and the compromise that if you are forced to switch networks (and I have one local place where it will ALWAYS swap to Orange), then you drop the call.

Actually, if roaming included 3G, then it WOULD make sense to operate the entire network under just one name, once everyone is roaming-enabled, and then phase out the other.

04-11-2011, 19:29	#15
Matth Inactive Join Date: Mar 2004 Services: BB:M, TV:XL, Phone:M, Loyalty Posts: 2,516	Re: Are we SURE there's no 3G on the "everywhere" switch? Might be worth getting the settings re-sent, in case they've changed, and on a lot of phones, it seems you have to enable "data roaming" or dismiss a warning. It's a messy solution, but what can they do? If they call the combined network T-Mobile, then everyone with Orange phones will need to be unlocked, or if they call it Orange, then every T-moble (and virtual networks on) will need unlocking. Or if they call it something completely new, they'll have to hand out free unlocks to everyone! So I guess we're doomed to this roaming compromise for ever more (the compromise on 3G, though maybe that could change at some point, and the compromise that if you are forced to switch networks (and I have one local place where it will ALWAYS swap to Orange), then you drop the call. Actually, if roaming included 3G, then it WOULD make sense to operate the entire network under just one name, once everyone is roaming-enabled, and then phase out the other.