3 quality of voice calls in London ?

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Richard - 28 Jun 2005 11:52 GMT

How is the quality of 3 for voice only calls in Central and suburban London
?

Is there generally any reason to avoid them for bog standard voice / text
usage in urban areas ?

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Richard - 28 Jun 2005 11:54 GMT

As a PS - Can a 3 SIM card be used in a normal 2g phone ?

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talk3g.co.uk - 28 Jun 2005 12:06 GMT

Yes some phones allow 3 USIM's to be used. Sadly 3 dont and will block the
USIM if you use it in a non-3 supplied handset. (They can tell what you are
using by the IMEI which is transmitted when a device logs onto a network.

Voice calling suffers from some latency on 3 and in my area there is still a
lot of calls dropping and failure to connect messages. Might be better in
London now.... check www.reviewcentre.co.uk and see what folks say there.

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David Marshall - 28 Jun 2005 12:22 GMT

>Voice calling suffers from some latency on 3

Um, voice calls suffer from latency on all mobile networks. 3's is the same
as everyone else's.

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talk3g.co.uk - 28 Jun 2005 13:23 GMT

I expeience much worse latency on 3's UMTS than on GSM networks. Could be
where I am but its quite annoying and seems to be dependent on the time of
day. Its very noticeable around teatime for some reason. When I get too much
latency on 3 I just hang up and redial, should'nt have to but usually cures
the problem.

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N3m3sis - 30 Jun 2005 17:39 GMT

I live in East London, commute to and work in West London. I have
aE1000 and the reception is great, it even holds on to the call when
I'm going up 4 floors in the lift at work.I think you will find that in
and around London the 3 UK network is as reliable as the
others(excluding T-mobile, who still seem to have problems at peak
periods)

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