Joined 3 the otherday and got the superb £6.90 Sim Only Plan, sim arrived yesterday morning and slotted it into my handset and was pleasantly surprised of a full signal. Tried the internet and it was a no go, thought it was settigns so messed around and no joy so left it.
Went out last night and noticed that the internet kicked in everywhere except my home area.
Phoned 3 and they were really good, i`d read so much bad press about their customer services but they were very accommodating. Anyway, was told someone from networks would ring me tomorrow (today) and they did, turns out i`m roaming on Orange when at home and after a few rejigs their end I had GPRS on my handset
Story is don`t believe everything you read I suppose, just really chuffed they fixed the problem and really did go out of their way.