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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Very true , fair point. Slightly off topic but does anyone think VM will ever allow wholesale access to its BB network ? Openreach seem to take an age with improvements , vectoring being a perfect example.
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I believe that's happened in the past but I'm not sure really what VM has to gain from it. I believe that it has been mused that OFCOM might even force them to do this, but as it is a privately built network I'm not sure how realistic that is.
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Originally Posted by Superblade7
I'd agree Kush, their mobile contracts on the high end handsets aren't particularly competitive even if you're a VM customer. Their SIM only deals aren't too bad but the downside is there is currently no 4G.
You're right with Three though, they do some really generous data allowances. They've got a really good network too (where I live anyway!) as I used them for a while before I (regrettably) got a contract with O2. I did get a great deal with O2 but for me (and a number of friends/colleagues), the O2 network is shocking. I've never had so many failed calls and data drop outs and will be scurrying back to either Three or EE as soon as my contract is up.
Also, back on topic, the network quality would also be an issue if Vodafone were to buy VM as Vodafone have a notoriously poor network too so I guess even if they did do decent quad-play, would you want it on their network? Guess it would depend where you live as I know the experience of all the networks varies across the country for users.
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Every time the debate about which network is best comes up, there's always people that swear one network is tip top and another is dire. Like yourself, I generally get a great signal on three and have had issues with Orange/T-Mobile in the past (have a guess when I switched networks) but I've seen loads of people complain about Three as well. It really does seem to be a postcode lottery.
I'm hoping that 4G will resolve most of that, as each provider got a nice chunk of 800Mhz spectrum which should hopefully mean much better coverage.