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Kwiksta
Joined: Jul 17, 2004
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from my experience...vodafone for all features and network etc - not for branding!
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02 for all the crazy s*** they do - network aint great...
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BONDIE_86
Joined: May 23, 2005
Posts: 398
From: Cumbria, England, UK
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O2 O2 O2 O2 O2 O2 O2 O2 O2 O2 FOR PAYG, THE CONTRACT DEALS SEEM GOOD TOO 
HAD A VODAFONE CONTRACT ONCE... IT COST ME A BOMB 
Cheers,
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Gooner Girl
Joined: Nov 22, 2004
Posts: 67
From: Surrey, UK
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Just out of interest, I'm getting vibes that Vodafone is the Microsoft of the phone world?! Why are they coming out so badly?
I've been with Vodafone since about 1971...well -ish and have had no probs? What have they done that I should be on my guard against?! 
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london-uk
Joined: Oct 01, 2003
Posts: 214
From: Londres
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I have been with Vodafone for a while now, and I'm really not happy. I find that reception is very bad. At first I thought it could have something to do with my handset, but I've tried P910, K700, V3 and now W800 & K750, and I consistently get really bad reception. I presume that I could expect bad reception in rural areas, however I live in central London, where I would expect to get good service...
Additionally, I have found Voda customer service to be reprehensible. Sometimes I'll call them up with a specific query (to which I know the answer, but I'll need them to do something), and it seems that if they can't immediately find the answer they'll just try to fob me off with clearly erroneous advice. It really is the luck of the draw (I'll speak with two or three utterly incompetent people, and then on the third or fourth call I might get lucky enough to get put through to someone who knows what they are talking about.
Briefly returning to the signal issue. I live approximately 250 yards from Tower Bridge (which I consider fairly central, therefore I would expect a reasonably good signal), and I only get between 1-3 bar signal on Voda. To contrast this, I also have an O2 sim on which I get between 4-5 bars (consistently) in the exact same conditions.
Another gripe with Voda (well, there are so many that I have chosen to limit them here) is the voicemail. I have experienced lags in notifications. These lags have been anything from 1/2 hour to a full day (and this is not just the notification, but also the actual presence of the voicemail). Voda's answer to this has been that "the network is busy, and we can't guarantee that all call voicemails appear in your inbox immediately". While I appreciate that they may be busy, it seems ridiculous that I quite frequently don't get my voicemails for anything up to 12-14 hours.
Finally, I have the trouble with calls being diverted to voicemail, although my mobile is on and displaying that a signal is present. This has happened several times with callers ringing from the UK (I'm also in the UK). But more often than not, it has happened with callers from Luxembourg and Denmark (quite often they will call me on a land-line immediately afterwards and tell me that when they call my mobile, it diverts directly to voicemail).
Anyway, there are so many reasons why I am unhappy with Vodacrap that I can't be bothered to list any more. (completely forgot their branding policy...)
Well, have a good day and I apologise for my rant
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SCORPIONKING1982
Joined: Mar 11, 2003
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From: Leeswood
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I've found o2 to be the best all rounder. They've got a good mix of decent tariffs and good signal. Orange would be the winner except they dont have any signal where I live. Everywhere else is fine just not at home
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mwjdavies
Joined: Aug 22, 2005
Posts: 85
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I have had a O2 contract for past 4 years, few probs in early days when the kept messing with my contract terms and conditions, but apart from that its all been good!
Only gripe is if have to phone up customer services, not the cheapest or the best, but such is life!
Coverage always good for me
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mwarner
Joined: Dec 23, 2003
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From: Warwickshire, England
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Here's my opinion:
Best
O2 - They don't overly customise your phone (no physical branding and very little firmware branding), they have excellent tariffs for me (500 free texts per month) and their free SIM offers make us all a bit of money once every month or so
Worst
Vodaphone - The branding just sucks - they physically brand phones and their firmware customisation is by far the worst in the industry.
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mudpucket
Joined: Feb 08, 2004
Posts: 50
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im with Voda and when my contract expires in April, i may just leave. I find they offer better deals to the new customers rather than the old n faithful.
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Gooner Girl
Joined: Nov 22, 2004
Posts: 67
From: Surrey, UK
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Well ironically I'm just about to leave Vodafone after about 10 years and go to O2 as they were able to offer me a good tariff and the W800i free.
It's a wierd feeling, changing networks, like changing your football team allegiance! So, I hope you lot are right about O2..... |
mwarner
Joined: Dec 23, 2003
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From: Warwickshire, England
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So, GG, have you got your O2 phone yet? |
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Posted: 2005-09-22 18:38
