OK I've been with O2 since god was a boy and have never even thought about using another provider as I get good service and coverage out of them, however I fancy going over to a 3G phone and wonder what folks experiences of 3G are - is it work the extra cost and what is overseas coverage like as that is more important to me than UK coverage.
Basically I want to be able to collect and send emails and make phone calls, I'm not interested in downloading music or surfing the net.
Options are go for an iPhone3G or to subscribe to a 3G dongle for my lap top - is the iphone as good as it's cracked up to be and is it worth the extra money on my tariff (O2 select 100).
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Unless you are a BIG data user, it is pointless. The 3G element does not impact the ability for calls (unless video) so most of the traffic through use of a 3G phone will still use the 2.5G GSM networks that we all love and have used for a number of years now.

If you are looking to surf for filthy images and videos, its a must....if not, stick with a 2G phone.....it will be better for battery life and be more reliable in my experience.
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Tim,

Unless you are a BIG data user, it is pointless. The 3G element does not impact the ability for calls (unless video) so most of the traffic through use of a 3G phone will still use the 2.5G GSM networks that we all love and have used for a number of years now.

If you are looking to surf for filthy images and videos, its a must....if not, stick with a 2G phone.....it will be better for battery life and be more reliable in my experience.

Well, what else is there to do stuck on a ship with a bunch of hairy arsed Albanians?  

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Well, what else is there to do stuck on a ship with a bunch of hairy arsed Albanians?

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be careful on the 3G dongles for the laptop, T-Mobile charges £7.50 per MB if your abroad

There is a thread ust started over on Disco3 and there seems to be a few options on there

I recall you mentioning BTfon previously, I think they have hotspots around the world, but at what cost ect i don't know

I am less than 1km from my local Mast that is enabled to the fast data speeds, I struggled to maintain a connection for longer than 20mins and in the main its was switching back to normal sub 1mb speeds for data, so i'd say until they fill the network out a bit it might not be worth your while. I have a SE W850i which is 3G and its honestly a bit pointless (for me).

NP, BT Fon is WiFi so no use to me on the ship where we are usually miles from the nearest building, certainly not closer than 30m unless something goes very very wrong............................ Except in the port of Rotterdam where the Maersk Terminal we use is the first in the world to have Broadband wifi connections on the terminal for free use by ship's crew.
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I was thinking along the lines of you been in port, never thought were the hotspot would actually be though

I guess your average port doesn't have a McD or Starbucks quay side

How do you pick up your emails etc on the ship - satellite uplink? 

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