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Would You Ever Try Three? |
T610-Girl
Joined: Jun 25, 2003
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From: Midlands, UK.
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Well, would you?
The phones are high-spec, lot of features, great value for money service plans... so would you?
If so, why?
If not, why not?
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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There was this thread a while back with mixed feelings... I still think I will wait a year or two for the competition to develop and the prices to fall.
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N.M.E.
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
Posts: 124
From: Western Australia
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I think the 'cheap plans' that 3 offer are simply introductory. Give it less than 12 months and it will all change.
Same thing with Vodafone prepaid. They took away flagfall to make things cooler, then it cost them too much so they put it back and made for a big bunch of unhappy customers.
But I agree, wait for the competition to catch on.
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fijbert
Joined: Dec 26, 2002
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From: Montreal / Beirut
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I really want to go 3
but I'm in N.A.
gonna wait till they release 3G phones that can work on reg triband GSM b4 switching
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wapchimp
Joined: Jun 09, 2002
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From: Land of the chimps
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NEVER.
Orange will will have better 3g coverage than 3 when it's up & running.
Whats the point in having 750 anytime xnet minutes when you're in O2 gsm coverage most of the time. You pay for them calls seperatly I believe!?! Plus you get charged 10p per message received while roaming!!!
3 need customers as there are new. Offering great talkplans has fooled many. But they launched way to early to be first & haven't quite got it right yet.
One guy left Orange - 4 days later he had reconnected saying it was the worst coverage/service/customer service he had ever had.
Each to their own I suppose though - The talkplans are great value, can't arguee with that.
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fijbert
Joined: Dec 26, 2002
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we r talkin about 3G right?
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anap
Joined: Jun 16, 2003
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From: Bristol, England
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3 and orange are part of the same company! I will wait until the handsets are not so huge
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fijbert
Joined: Dec 26, 2002
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I guess not
I'll shut up now 
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anap
Joined: Jun 16, 2003
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From: Bristol, England
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Yes fijbert we are. 3 is the first 3G provider in the UK. 3 and orange are part of the same company (Hutchinson Telecom) I will wait until the handsets are not so huge and ugly!
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JonnyB
Joined: Aug 21, 2003
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Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Dj Boyi
Joined: Oct 05, 2002
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From: Liberty City
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Wassup jonnyb |
Johnex
Joined: Nov 26, 2002
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From: Stockholm/Sweden
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The coverage here in sweden is ok, but it has blind spots in the first cities that have 3g. The nec phones are bulky and the menus are slow. I will wait until the z1010 comes out to get a 3g phone. Then i would wait until my operator gets 3g. In other words no. :-)
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wapchimp
Joined: Jun 09, 2002
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@anap - ummmm France Telecom own Orange. Have done for a few years now.
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anap
Joined: Jun 16, 2003
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From: Bristol, England
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Sorry Orangeman. My mistake.
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Vlammetje
Joined: Mar 01, 2003
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From: Den Haag
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Hutchison reports losses due to 3G rollout
Hutchison Australia has reported that is lost US$83 million in the first half of this year, following the costs of rolling out its 3G network. Hutchison Chief Executive Kevin Russell said he was pleased to report ongoing growth in Orange and a strong take-up of recently launched 3 services for video calling, information and entertainment services.
"The last six months have been tremendously exciting for Hutchison. The launch of 3 has clearly been a great success in terms of service delivery and customer acquisition. And Orange mobile continues to deliver steady post-paid customer growth in a tight 2G market," Mr Russell said.
“As at close of business last night, we have more than 43,000 subscribers enjoying the service on 3,” Mr Russell said.
“This is a particularly pleasing result as we launched in Sydney and Melbourne in mid April with an entirely new product and without any public visibility of our brand,” he said.
“We did not launch in our other markets, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth until 1 July, so the month of July has really been our first month of sales across the breadth of our addressable market.
“We are on track to pass 50,000 customers within the next two weeks, and are focussing on strengthening our service and product offering and expanding our distribution reach in the run-up to Christmas.”
Mr Russell said he was also pleased to report steady growth in revenues for Hutchison and Orange, which added more than 15,000 customers in the six months to 30 June.
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(Source: http://www.cellular-news.com/story/9452.shtml)
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