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3 mobile coverage of late

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  • 15-03-2015 10:22pm
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    foozzybear61
    Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭


    since the 02/3 mobile merger a week or so ago my 3 mobile coverage which was fine till then has become PATCHY at times...might be my phone just wondering if others had same problem...have changed the sim as it was 18 months old but still having a problem at times


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    Slippin Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    foozzybear61 wrote: »
    since the 02/3 mobile merger a week or so ago my 3 mobile coverage which was fine till then has become PATCHY at times...might be my phone just wondering if others had same problem...have changed the sim as it was 18 months old but still having a problem at times

    Some people on the talk to 3 forum have reported issues. I have had none myself. What part of the country are you in?


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    Trojan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,413 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    My home indoor coverage with o2 was just about ok, would get between 0/5 and 4/5 mostly hovering at 3/5. It would occasionally break up on calls (garbled incoming voice).

    Since the rebrand to 3, I'm getting a lot more breaking up on calls, and a massive increase in straight-to-voicemail.

    At 3's suggestion I did a network settings reset in iOS, this had no effect. I'm considering moving networks for the first time in a decade.

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    goose06
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    Yeah I've noticed a drop in signal strength, going from 4-5 bar indoors to only 3 bars. Happens at work & home in Dublin.


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    foozzybear61
    Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭foozzybear61


    Duffff-Man wrote: »
    Some people on the talk to 3 forum have reported issues. I have had none myself. What part of the country are you in?


    West Wicklow ...South County Dublin area


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    Slippin Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    foozzybear61 wrote: »
    West Wicklow ...South County Dublin area

    Im in south dublin, city and meath. Thankfully i haven't had an issue with coverage.


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    Bob24
    Registered Users Posts: 10,905 ✭✭✭✭Bob24


    I've had issues with extremely (and unusually) slow data performance sicne the merger. But strangely it is not happening everyday.

    I suspect they are still doing a lot of work to merge the networks and are sometimes disabling part of of infrastructure in the process.

    As mentioned above, there is a thread about this in their support forum: http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057391485


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    Trojan
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    How many mobile phone company networks are there in Ireland now? If moving from 3/o2, are there choices other than Vodafone?

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    Bob24
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    Trojan wrote: »
    How many mobile phone company networks are there in Ireland now? If moving from 3/o2, are there choices other than Vodafone?

    Basically:

    - Three/O2/48 are all the same. Tesco Mobile is half owned by Three and is using the old O2 network (to be merged with Three's)

    - Meteor/eMobile are the same

    - Vodafone

    And then you have a few small virtual operators such as Lyca Mobile or An Post but I don't expect any of these to gain much traction.


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    Trojan
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    I haven't heard good things at all about Meteors network outside of cities (I'm in west Mayo).

    Are there any resellers on the Vodafone infrastructure, or is it just them?

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    Kensington
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    Trojan wrote: »
    I haven't heard good things at all about Meteors network outside of cities (I'm in west Mayo).

    Are there any resellers on the Vodafone infrastructure, or is it just them?

    Meteor are improving a good bit since the launch of the eMobile brand, they used to be extremely poor - even in cities - up until a few years ago.

    PostFone resell Vodafone.


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