On 8 May 2010, at 12:50, Trevor wrote: > The last time I looked at the '3' coverage along the K&A it was marked > down as poor reception outdoors and non-existent indoors.
<snip> > I'm seriously considering dumping my '3' contract when it ends in the > autumn, as they have been very unsympathetic about the fact I couldn't > use it for most of my time on the K&A - despite spending (wasting!) > £15.00 a month for what has, mainly, been a complete waste of space. I > might keep the phone though as I get 300 extra free minutes when I > speak > to my wife (she is using my old '3' phone with a PAYG SIM and so she > also gets a load of free minutes when she calls me - I think she pays > about a tenner every 90 days - which means that the total '3' mobile > phone deal becomes very reasonable :-))>> We have given up on 3 for phones, partly because of the poor reception along much of the K&A, but also because they didn't work at home, except when standing at an east-facing upstairs window. Not brilliant, for a so-called mobile device. Gone to Vodafone for which I already had a dongle that seemed to work rather better. ISTR that both times we passed Wyrd in Hungerford last summer Trevor was posed by a porthole with a phone clamped to his ear. But he did wave with his spare hand. Baz
