o2 to 3...will i?

YeAh!

Thinking of changing from o2 to 3. I have bought a Nokia N91, which has a great big screen that I want to make full use of. 3 offer free news, weather, comedy, sports, music, videos and more and o2 offer nothing that will make good use of my phone without a hefty price. Plus 5 cent texts!!!!!

So should I? Looking for people who have experience of porting over to 3, just incase the grass isn't greener.....

Sam Vimes

avoid them like the plague. i was one of their biggest supporters when they started and now i fcuking hate them. look up the user mayhem (i think that's his name) for similar experiences

o2 does charge a lot for going on the internet but at least they let you. three has the news etc but you can't go on the internet except for a few "specially selected" sites

thecivvie

I went from vodafone to 3 and have never looked back. Yeah I find their strange idea of a walled internet weird, but then I have a laptop for that purpose anyway. It is like everything some people love it others don't

YeAh!

Commander Vimes wrote:

three has the news etc but you can't go on the internet except for a few "specially selected" sites

This wouldn't really bother me as I wouldnt use the phone for internet that much anyway. Just to download the stuff they have on offer.

Ahh i dont know what to do theres such mixed opinion!

EIN

YeAh! wrote:

This wouldn't really bother me as I wouldnt use the phone for internet that much anyway. Just to download the stuff they have on offer.

Ahh i dont know what to do theres such mixed opinion!

i agree with commander vimes from my experience, it wasnt good, i originally moved from voda to 3... then moved back to voda... i honestly couldnt recommend anyone to go to three, the service was so dismal ,.. and not to mention their walled garden, and unlocking issues with nokia fones.

when something seems to good to be true it normally is!!! avoid....

donutface

I dont know if its still like that, but 3 only sells simcards with their existing phones, so you cant just buy a simpack and use your current phone.

Urban Weigl

Depending how much you use your phone, consider Vodafone as well. It all depends on your usage pattern tbh.

1huge1

well if thats all you want go for it
there very cheap
but for internet stay away

colm-ccfc84

was thinking of switching from meteor but not going to cos i do not want a different phone and no web text

Blaster99

Despite 3's quirks, I find myself liking them. I guess paying half of what I paid O2 while making more calls helps and inclusive UK calls comes in really handy on quite a few occasions.

constitutionus

YeAh! wrote:

This wouldn't really bother me as I wouldnt use the phone for internet that much anyway. Just to download the stuff they have on offer.

Ahh i dont know what to do theres such mixed opinion!

man i sent 70 text messages and 10 video messages and it only cost me 5.50euro. including a few premium texts to newstalk at 30c ago:D im not mad into the whole internet thing either but i love the free RTE news and weather and thats all ive really discoverd so far, apparently theres loads more. i recently downloaded the trailer for DOA and it cost me nothing too.. that sort of bloody thing cost me a fortune on vodafone. the 5c thing is a godsend. if you are gonna switch though the best route is to do it when getting a new phone, one thing i will give three is they have the best selection out there bar none. but as mentioned they are locked so if you go , go for the long haul.

oh and bear in mind you cant top up at ATMS

YeAh!

So I would I go about changing to 3? Is it as simple as call into their shop, say I want to switch and they do? I can still keep my number and things can I?

constitutionus

im not sure man. i was getting a new phone so i dont know if you can just get the sim cards, but i was on vodafone RTG and they switched me to 3 in the 3g store in the square and i got to keep my vodafone number . the girl did it on the computer in about 5 minutes, i didnt need any ID and all they asked was for a password and a pass area (city/town) as security features on your account. the passwords usually something like your ma's maiden name.
i was heading over to my ma's for lunch which is about a 15 to 20 minute walk from the square and the sim card switched over by the time i got to her (the girl told me it'd take up to 3 days:D ) then it was just a matter of using the new phone

Tree

bear in mind also that if you dont have the firmware on your phone (as you would have on your locked handset) you might not be able to access a lot of services.

Also, according to the terms of 3's contract you can only use your sim in a 3branded handset, use of another handset puts you in breach of contract which may be suspended or terminated. they arent teh friendliest network in town

Blaster99

Yeah I was always curious about them allowing any ol' handset onto their network. You can obviously set it to use Voda 2G whenever you feel like it, which could cost 3 mucho dollares.

I don't think the N91 is available from 3 in Ireland, so Planet 3 probably won't work at all.

Sam Vimes

Blaster99 wrote:

Yeah I was always curious about them allowing any ol' handset onto their network. You can obviously set it to use Voda 2G whenever you feel like it, which could cost 3 mucho dollares.

not with the nokias anyway. they disable the option to select 2g signal (unless you have an engineers tool called net monitor)

rogue-entity

^ You can get Nokias reflashed to use the default firmware instead. This unlocks the GSM-Only feature.