3 coverage

Sat 19 Mar 2011, 22:29

Things may change as T Mobile have apparently merged with Orange so depends on how the mast transmitter hire sorting out comes out in the end I suppose. Hopefully the rationalisation will increase coverage...

Wed 16 Mar 2011, 15:06

I'm on orange and get a good reception in charlbury it also changes to t mobile as well.

Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:39

In the centre of town and only yards from you, Richard, I get poor Orange reception. But my phone switches to T-mobile as the Orange signal fades. Go to the Orange website and get your number enabled for T-mobile reception. In a house in Suffolk the other day I was on Orange downstairs and T-mobile upstairs. At home in Charlbury I tend to be on Orange at the front of the house and T-mobile at the back. But I'm never without a signal at all.

Two masts serve Charlbury: I believe Orange comes from the top of the Woodstock Road hill, while T-mobile comes from atop the Fire Station on Sturt Road.

Wed 16 Mar 2011, 09:40

I have 3 mobile broadband. Poor reception in the centre of town - it'll sometimes pick up a 2G signal, but only sometimes. This roughly correlates with the poor Orange reception I get in the centre of town so I could believe they're the same.

On the other hand, down at the station it'll frequently get 3G, so Russell, you might be ok where you are.

Tue 15 Mar 2011, 21:48

T-mobile works with Orange, and the combination works a treat. I have much better coverage than I used to, and the phone switches seemlessly between the two as you move. You have to enable the feature on the Orange website.

Maybe 3 also works with Orange, but I don't know.

Tue 15 Mar 2011, 19:35

I was on 3 - absolutely horrendous coverage in lots of areas of England, am now on Orange and much better.

Tue 15 Mar 2011, 18:48

Is anyone on 3 in Charlbury? What's coverage like and does it switch to Orange like they say?