 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
| HomeDiscussion Groups General General TopicsGSMBluetoothProviders AlltelATT WirelessCingularFidoNextelSprint PCST-MobileVerizonManufacturers EricssonNokiaMotorolaCountry Specific Australian GroupUK GroupRelated Topics PocketPCPalmMore Topics ... |
Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / February 2006Orange Vs O2 coverage?
Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? Ta > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? Thats a very subjective question.... in my local area (around Aylesbury), i find Orange coverage better, especially 3G where O2 seems non-existant (although they do have a GSM signal). Be warned, there will be one person come along saying that Orange are inferior because they use 1800MHz instead of 900MHz.... don't believe him. >Be warned, there will be one person come along saying that Orange are >inferior because they use 1800MHz instead of 900MHz.... don't believe >him. Cue Jim ................. R. >>Be warned, there will be one person come along saying that Orange are >>inferior because they use 1800MHz instead of 900MHz.... don't believe [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > R. I thought as you have all gone o2 you would now agree with me............... > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? > > Ta orange of course. 02 are crap, > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? > > Ta Orange: More nodes, more coverage, mode connectivity internationally. Good peering arrangements with other networks' 3G traffic now, I hear. And they recruit much more beautiful women. O2: sh.t. Run by vampires. > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? And to add to the other comments - O2, orange barely gets a signal anywhere in the house. O2 I've found only 3 6" patches anywhere in the house that it does not work. > > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best > > for coverage? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > O2 I've found only 3 6" patches anywhere in the house > that it does not work. Surely this is entirely dependent on where you are at the time..?! Here in my house I get an endstop signal from all networks except T-Mobile, but that doesn't mean that someone else won't get a good signal from them. Ivor >> > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best >> > for coverage? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > my house I get an endstop signal from all networks except T-Mobile, but > that doesn't mean that someone else won't get a good signal from them. Nope, it's the same anywhere in my house... I was just trying to point out that networks do vary. And in addition, networks that are at 900Mhz have a very, very significant advantage in working through obstructions like thick or damp walls if not right next to the tower. >And in addition, >networks that are at 900Mhz have a very, very significant advantage in >working through obstructions like thick or damp walls if not right next >to the tower. True for all buildings that have no doors or windows, and have no steel reinforcing grids. In the real world, however, the advantage is just as likely to be with 1800.  SignatureIain the out-of-date hairydog guide to mobile phones http://www.hairydog.co.uk/cell1.html Browse now while stocks last! >> Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? > >And to add to the other comments - O2, orange barely gets a signal >anywhere in the house. I'd have to agree with that - and was the reason I dumped Orange. At my location, outside, I get full bars from both O2 and Orange. Inside, it changes little for the O2 phone, but often lose the signal altogether. I've "lost" so many calls where the phone hasnt rung (presumably because my signal was reading zero) that Orange had to go. Having said that, its a very subjective. Where my sister lives in the cotswolds, they have zero 02 signal but Orange is good. Signaturewww.senaction.com > I'd have to agree with that - and was the reason I dumped Orange. At > my location, outside, I get full bars from both O2 and Orange. Inside, > it changes little for the O2 phone, but often lose the signal > altogether. I've "lost" so many calls where the phone hasnt rung > (presumably because my signal was reading zero) that Orange had to go. good man........ > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? > > Ta It depends where you are, where the nearest base is, the frequency, type of phone, where the phone is located, local terrain etc. If you can tell us all that we can have a guess. > If you can tell us all that we can have a guess. And that's all it will be - a guess! For me, Orange is bad at home where I spend a lot of time and on the train to Kings Cross for work. So, on that basis, you could say it's not the best. However, that's two relatively isolated locations and Orange is great everywhere else I go. Whatever happened to Orange promising blanket coverage of the national railway network (ISTR late 2003), though?? By now, they should have increased their network to specifically cover train lines and tunnels (albeit by pointing in tunnels, not leaky feeders). Did this plan disappear when FT took over? Jonathan >Whatever happened to Orange promising blanket coverage of the national >railway network (ISTR late 2003), though? France Telecom happened. SignatureIain the out-of-date hairydog guide to mobile phones http://www.hairydog.co.uk/cell1.html Browse now while stocks last! David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy - 20 Feb 2006 08:45 GMT > >Whatever happened to Orange promising blanket coverage of the national > >railway network (ISTR late 2003), though? > > France Telecom happened. On Virgin routes, I suppose they didn't see the point! :) SignatureDavid Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org "Jonathan Morris" <j.morris@jmcomms.com> wrote in message > Whatever happened to Orange promising blanket coverage of the national > railway network (ISTR late 2003), though?? The "railway project" as it's sometimes known, is still ongoing. My understanding is that it's very much one of the priorities when planning rollout of new coverage. Regards Jon. SignatureJon Pitts Email:jon@pitts50.co.uk Attachments:files@pitts50.co.uk > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? > > Ta Such a subjective question. I've recently switched to O2 because Orange simply couldn't offer: a) the handset I wanted (unless you are a customer in the Netherlands). I've got an XDA Mini S now. Incidentally, I notice that Orange shops (the retail stores, and yes I realise that their relationship with Orange is somewhat independent) have just started offering the Nokia 9300, whereas O2 stores have just started offering the 9300i.... b) more minutes for my money. I've found that O2 coverage is better in some places than Orange used to be, and vice versa. A colleague has commented that conversations whilst I am driving last longer on O2 than they did on Orange (in other words I lose the signal less). I'm in rural Shropshire. Si. > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? > > Ta In Scotland it's O2 or Vodafone Clive > > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? > > > > Ta > In Scotland it's O2 or Vodafone > > Clive Where in Scotland? I could quote parts of Scotland where the complete opposite is true - geographically it's a pretty big place!! Seriously though, where are you thinking about? Jon. SignatureJon Pitts Email:jon@pitts50.co.uk Attachments:files@pitts50.co.uk >> > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? >> > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jon. Everywhere - I used to have a job driving ALL over Scotland. My personal phone was Orange and my company phone Vodafone. The Vodafone coverage was much better in 'remote' areas - far North West, Islands Clive > >> > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? > >> > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Clive When was this? (Serious question - I'm interested). Thanks Jon. David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy - 26 Feb 2006 23:37 GMT [] > When was this? (Serious question - I'm interested). There was barely no coverage in the second largest town (and patchy in the biggest) on Orkney when I was last there in June 2003. I hope it's improved. I could pick up every other network on my phone when I looked... SignatureDavid Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org >> >> > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? >> >> > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Jon. I did the job mentioned (all over Scotland) between Feb 2001 and Nov 2004. During that time Vodafone out performed Orange using the same phones (7110 and 6210). I would say the Orange coverage lost out to Vodafone past Fort William area. Clive > Generally and very approximately, which comes off best for coverage? > > Ta As a BTS engineer I have worked on contracts on both networks. As a paying customer I have used both Orange and O2. For work phones I have had Voda, Orange and o2. It all depends on where you are in the country and what suits. It is true that a 900 signal will travel further, 1800 used to be advertised as offering better quality speech but cant say I notice a difference nowadays. This is why Orange have more BTS's, they have to have more as they hav'nt such a large coverage from each one. A few years ago when I moved from orange to o2 I found that the o2 signal was rather poor and so jumped back to Orange but now I am back on o2 and find their coverage much much better than before and better than orange. S This is such a 'General' question. You can't sum up the coverage of the whole country like that! If you used your phone mainly in the Scottish highlands, it'd only be a choice of 2 networks - Vodafone / 02 Where I am (West Dorset), Orange is probably the worst of all the networks. They have slightly better 3G coverage in a couple of towns. But GSM coverage is "unbelievably" bad. OK, some parts where I go can be very remote, but 9.9 times out of 10 - if at least one network will be missing when I do a network search, it'll be Orange. Of course, someone else, in another part of the country will have opposite results to me. Matthew Long > This is such a 'General' question. You can't sum up the coverage of the > whole country like that! > If you used your phone mainly in the Scottish highlands, it'd only be a > choice of 2 networks - Vodafone / 02 As I've just posted elsewhere in this thread, I'm genuinely not sure this is the case anymore. I tend to do a fair bit of travelling around the Highlands once a year (around March), and Orange has slowly (but noticeably) improved over the past few years. I'm back up there at the end of next week (Loch Lomond, Skye and Perthshire this time) if it makes any difference. Regards SignatureJon Pitts Email:jon@pitts50.co.uk Attachments:files@pitts50.co.uk > > This is such a 'General' question. You can't sum up the coverage of the > > whole country like that! [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I'm back up there at the end of next week (Loch Lomond, Skye and Perthshire > this time) if it makes any difference. O2 has improved lately, too - there's an area a few miles away from me which had no coverage at all, until recently. There is now some coverage, but only O2, so far. Most of the time, though, Orange is just fine for me (NorthWest Highlands, on the coast). Straying a little off topic - but it is always worth remembering you get better UK coverage with a non UK sim as while UK ones will stick to their own network, foreign ones are roaming so can normally select any UK one. So effectively you have coverage for all UK GSM/PCN networks in one sim. > Straying a little off topic - but it is always worth remembering you > get better UK coverage with a non UK sim as while UK ones will stick to > their own network, foreign ones are roaming so can normally select any > UK one. So effectively you have coverage for all UK GSM/PCN networks > in one sim. Yes - I've found that handy upon occasion. > Straying a little off topic - but it is always worth remembering you > get better UK coverage with a non UK sim as while UK ones will stick to > their own network, foreign ones are roaming so can normally select any > UK one. So effectively you have coverage for all UK GSM/PCN networks > in one sim. I do a lot of walking in some of the more remote spots of the UK. I always carry my old trusty 6310i complete with my Riiing SIM. The last time I used it that way was in the Yorkshire Dales when the only signal available was T-Mobile! SignatureDave C > > > This is such a 'General' question. You can't sum up the coverage of the > > > whole country like that! [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > but only O2, so far. Most of the time, though, Orange is just fine for me > (NorthWest Highlands, on the coast). Out of interest, where are you? I'd be curious to check this on the maps (and rollout plans). Thanks Jon. > Out of interest, where are you? I'd be curious to check this on the maps > (and rollout plans). On the Kyle of Tongue - the area which is now (partly) covered by O2 is the western half of the Moine. Orange coverage stops about halfway along the road from the Kyle to Loch Hope. >> Out of interest, where are you? I'd be curious to check this on the maps >> (and rollout plans). [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > western half of the Moine. Orange coverage stops about halfway along the > road from the Kyle to Loch Hope. Ha, just read your prev post first and asked if thats where you lived!! We were there Sept/october 2004 for a couple of days installing the BTS and integrating it there. O2 had originally planned a different site a few miles up the road (a shared cabin with Voda) but couldnt get comms to it so we moved the BTS and PSU from there and took it to the new site and bought it on air the following day. While we was there we saw loads of Disco3's been road tested (pre-release) and then in 2005 saw the top gear clip of JC getting the Disco stuck on Ben Tongue. Beautifill area up that way, wonderful view from the top of Ben Tongue!! Nice trip up there too, not in a Disco though, but a 8WD argocat!! Steve >> > This is such a 'General' question. You can't sum up the coverage of the >> > whole country like that! [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > but only O2, so far. Most of the time, though, Orange is just fine for me > (NorthWest Highlands, on the coast). That wouldnt be Tongue area would it? New mast on top of Ben tongue put there last year (you know, the one that JC drove up in a Disco3) Steve > "S Viemeister" <firstname.lastname@which.net> wrote > > O2 has improved lately, too - there's an area a few miles away from me [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > That wouldnt be Tongue area would it? New mast on top of Ben tongue put > there last year (you know, the one that JC drove up in a Disco3) Yes, just across the Kyle from Tongue. The crew that filmed that show did wonders for the local economy! S. |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.