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o2 most likely to get iphone

2Shae · 2007-09-22 12:57:02

i contacted o2 yesterday about EDGE signal for my iphone, here is the reply Since they are the only company to have edge it is most likely that they will get the edge iphone, that is if apple waits to put the 3g iphone in ireland and not the edge one

22-09-2007 12:57pm

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i contacted o2 yesterday about EDGE signal for my iphone, here is the reply

O2 is currently (October 2006) in the process of redeveloping its nationwide network over the next 6 months, beginning with the Republic's main urban centres and then extending the work into rural areas.

This redevelopment will pave the way for the introduction of Edge throughout the country.

We Currently are at 67% capacity in this upgrade to Edge and this includes the west of Ireland

By December 2007 we will be at 85% and 99.6% by April 2008

EDGE will be a unique feature to O2.

Since they are the only company to have edge it is most likely that they will get the edge iphone, that is if apple waits to put the 3g iphone in ireland and not the edge one

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#2 22-09-2007 1:06pm

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I emailed meteor and they said they dont have edge.....

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#3 22-09-2007 2:44pm

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2Shae wrote:

I emailed meteor and they said they dont have edge.....

Just shows how incompetent their customer support is.

I have used EDGE on Meteor, so I can confirm they do in fact have that technology.

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#4 24-09-2007 7:19pm

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Meteor only have EDGE for business customers.... the gprs standard wap on the iphone will have the E anyway.....But Meteor do have EDGE.. As regards the iphone release just cos o2 uk have the iphone i would def not assume o2 Ireland will get it as if we were going to get it from them we would be getting it in nov with them! So let the battle begin again. I figure vodafone, as they wanted a 3g version....Which will comes next year with the rest of europe.

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#5 24-09-2007 7:24pm

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O2 have HSDPA which is quicker than EDGE - which is like 2.5G; Meteor dont have that. OP are you sure the reply was nt talking about HSDPA which is what mobile broadband runs off?

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I'm on prepay Meteor and get EDGE. Not on all cells though.

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#7 24-09-2007 7:49pm

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I was told by them that i couldnt get edge it wasnt available to pre pay only business.

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#8 24-09-2007 7:57pm

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PowerHouseDan wrote:

I was told by them that i couldnt get edge it wasnt available to pre pay only business.

Someone told you porkies

Here's a previous thread I made on the subject:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055061213

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#9 24-09-2007 8:25pm

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I have both bill-pay and pre-pay phones with meteor. Both use EDGE.

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#10 25-09-2007 12:50am

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I use to get edge on meteor all over the country even in the middle of nowhere.

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#11 25-09-2007 7:19am

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jimmycrackcorm wrote:

I use to get edge on meteor all over the country even in the middle of nowhere.

What speeds do you get?

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#12 25-09-2007 10:41am

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dumbyearbook wrote:

O2 have HSDPA which is quicker than EDGE - which is like 2.5G; Meteor dont have that. OP are you sure the reply was nt talking about HSDPA which is what mobile broadband runs off?

O2 Have both HSDPA (3.5G) and EDGE (2.75G):)

Only this morning I used O2 Edge to see if I could figure out why my train didn't turn up.

I used Meteor EDGE on a pre-pay SIM also, just trying it out.

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#13 25-09-2007 11:13am

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tom dunne wrote:

O2 Have both HSDPA (3.5G) and EDGE (2.75G):)

Only this morning I used O2 Edge to see if I could figure out why my train didn't turn up.

I used Meteor EDGE on a pre-pay SIM also, just trying it out.

I did nt meant to imply O2 dont have Edge i was pointing out they have the quicker HSDPA too........;)

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#14 25-09-2007 3:37pm

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is the iPhone worth it? does it offer anthing that you cannot already get on a phone, other than a huge memory?

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#15 25-09-2007 7:51pm

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the i-phone does not have hsdpa am i right?

still so so so happy with my Nokia N95 - internet experience (via 3) is amazing on it- when 3 allow it to work. camera is fantastic (5 megapixel) and camcorder quality is also excellent.:D

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#16 26-09-2007 5:32pm

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im using o2 with my iphone on edge works - slow - thank gawd for wifi

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#17 03-10-2007 9:20am

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Does anyone know what to type into an iphone to get edge working with meteor? The three boxes to be filled in are,
1) APN
2) Username
3) Password

i think the apn is wap.mymeteor.ie as the phone tries to use the network but fails, which is the furthest ive gotten to date.

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#18 03-10-2007 9:42am

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japasca wrote:

Does anyone know what to type into an iphone to get edge working with meteor? The three boxes to be filled in are,
1) APN
2) Username
3) Password

i think the apn is wap.mymeteor.ie as the phone tries to use the network but fails, which is the furthest ive gotten to date.

Full details are in the sticky at the top of the forum.

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