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throwaway378037 | 3 years ago

Three is also the worst network, switch as soon as you can

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Dyac|3 years ago

Three is fine. Been with them for years. I'm grandfathered into an old plan with enough data for my needs, tethering, unlimited calls and texts and free global roaming.

I only ever have signal problems in places the other networks also have problems.

Reason077|3 years ago

This was certainly true for many years with their awful 4G network. But their 5G network is excellent if you are in an area with good coverage.

I’ve regularly seen over 800 Mbps in London, consistently faster than any of the other networks.

(On the other hand, I wouldn’t pick Three if you value good and consistent coverage. But if you are using it from a fixed location with a good 5G signal, it’s great)

dspillett|3 years ago

I was with Three for a while (cheap offer, coverage near me was decent and at the time I didn't travel much)…

> if you are in an area with good coverage

In my experience, this is a huge caveat.

Lio|3 years ago

If you're using Three from a fixed location WiFi Calling is included as part of the package too.

I have complaints about Three but coverage is not really one of them.

denton-scratch|3 years ago

If you're in a fixed location, you don't need to use a mobile network. Get wired internet connectivity, then use VOIP.

LatteLazy|3 years ago

So are O2, Vodafone and EE. It's almost like they are a cartel of shitty providers...

gpderetta|3 years ago

I picked three because they had free EU data roaming before it was the law. Now it is not the law anymore it seems that they no longer provide it to new customers (or those that made the mistake to "upgrade"), but so far I have been grandfathered in. I'll switch the moment is no longer the case.

benj111|3 years ago

Lebara offer EU (and Indian) roaming. Use the Vodafone network (I believe) and are cheap.

bearmode|3 years ago

Three's a fine network. Haven't had any issues on it for a long time now.

ThePowerOfFuet|3 years ago

> Three's a fine network. Haven't had any issues on it for a long time now.

As long as you don't want to use Tutanota.

jonathantf2|3 years ago

Ever been to a city? Good luck trying to even make a phone call.

colesantiago|3 years ago

Is there an open source phone network that one can switch to?

gumboza|3 years ago

Well you can get a ham radio license, spend $1500 on a basic radio and antenna and accessories, erect it in your garden, get on air and feel the joy of open communications all over the globe.

Or more realistically get blasted by people on contests or doing DX, hear about numerous health problems and waltz into casual racism, homophobia and sexism. The last bastion is CW (morse) where it's too much effort to be an asshole.

traceroute66|3 years ago

TL;DR No, no and absolutely not.

Well established UK Wholesale operator Simwood had not one but TWO very good goes at establishing an independent low-level UK network (or at least as low-level as is possible, they wanted to become as close as was humanly possible to a full MNO).

They ended up hitting obstacle after obstacle in the usual protection racket vicious circle between so-called regulator OFCOM and the incumbent operators. IIRC they encountered difficulties at every step, be it obtaining an independent allocation of mobile numbers or anything else.

In the end, they threw in the towel on the mobile project because they refused to be "just another" MVNO reselling someone else's rebranded service.

lzauz|3 years ago

What is an "open source phone network"? I've never heard of such thing existing.