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    News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    The scheme now operates in 11 destinations around the world, including the USA.
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    Re: News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    Update: Three has switched on 4G in London and "a few thousand" customers are now able to use it, reports ZDNet.

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    Re: News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    Three continue to prove that they "get" what smartphone users want - when the heck are the other carriers going to cotton on. Okay, that's maybe some recompense for the poor coverage and awful customer service.

    Got to smile though at some of the comments on Engadget about this - the one that amused me most being the person complaining that their Three roaming option was "limited" to 25GB/month.

    Also got to wonder what Three's coverage is like in the US...

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    Re: News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    Anyone know if the did this in Edinburgh, Three's network as been really poor of late and my Nexus 5 (From Google) has had no end of issues with accessing data from it this week. Also I'm showing full bars in places I haven't before in Edinburgh with H against it, also for some reason the settings were showing as 4G as selected as preferred connection.

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    Re: News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    Quote Originally Posted by crossy View Post
    Three continue to prove that they "get" what smartphone users want - when the heck are the other carriers going to cotton on.
    When people stop using them...

    I can't understand why Three doesn't have more customers and market share. I've not had a problem with Three reception in many years.

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    Re: News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    If 3 can supply an unlimited 4G contract with the Samsung GS6 then i may be jumping ship it seems.

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    Re: News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    I just moved to three. I have to say its so liberating having unlimited internet and tethering. I find it so stupid when the likes of Vodafone and EE offer 4G but cap you at 4GB a month. It's so easy to blast through that if you are watching HD videos. My phone has a 1080p display so I essentially require the same amount of data when browsing the net as my PC. Having said that Three's speeds in London are a bit... meh. Bring on 4G!!

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    Re: News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    I also moved to 3 this year. I've had a backup PAYG SIM with them for ages but my monthly contract was always Orange. It's a vast improvement in service and I saved a few quid in the process too.

    The unlimited tethering and data is great when there's no WiFi for my tablet.

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    Re: News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    Quote Originally Posted by Risto_87 View Post
    I just moved to three. I have to say its so liberating having unlimited internet and tethering. I find it so stupid when the likes of Vodafone and EE offer 4G but cap you at 4GB a month. It's so easy to blast through that if you are watching HD videos. My phone has a 1080p display so I essentially require the same amount of data when browsing the net as my PC. Having said that Three's speeds in London are a bit... meh. Bring on 4G!!
    Quote Originally Posted by badsyntax View Post
    I also moved to 3 this year. I've had a backup PAYG SIM with them for ages but my monthly contract was always Orange. It's a vast improvement in service and I saved a few quid in the process too.

    The unlimited tethering and data is great when there's no WiFi for my tablet.

    I also moved to 3 this year and haven't had a single thing to complain about. Speed is very good, coverage is way better than people on other networks make out (Better than Orange for me both at home and work, the only low signal spots are exactly the same on Orange). Now I'm on unlimited data, I couldn't go back to a capped service. Stream podcasts, TV shows and music from my home server all day long. And now I can do that from America. For £15 a month.

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    Re: News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    TBH their coverage was sketchy in the past. That was years ago though and I used that PAYG SIM as a coverage tester for a while. When I found found that it was same or better coverage everywhere I visited then I made the switch on the monthly.

    I don't work for them but this post sounds a bit like an ad.

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    Re: News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    Quote Originally Posted by badsyntax View Post
    TBH their coverage was sketchy in the past. That was years ago though and I used that PAYG SIM as a coverage tester for a while. When I found found that it was same or better coverage everywhere I visited then I made the switch on the monthly.

    I don't work for them but this post sounds a bit like an ad.
    I don't work for them either but even on here I've made a few gushing recommendations. I was paying Orange more than twice what I pay 3. Orange did seem a little bit faster and the cinema ticket deal was alright when I could be bothered going to the cinema. But the package was an insult compared to 3.

    I did do the same thing as you with the PayG sim, but I'd have done that with any network before committing to a contract.

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    Re: News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    Quote Originally Posted by Brewster0101 View Post
    I can't understand why Three doesn't have more customers and market share. I've not had a problem with Three reception in many years.
    Quote Originally Posted by badsyntax View Post
    TBH their coverage was sketchy in the past. That was years ago though and I used that PAYG SIM as a coverage tester for a while. When I found found that it was same or better coverage everywhere I visited then I made the switch on the monthly.
    I was with Three for a good while, only switching to T-Mobile in June of last year. I got really tired of going around places you'd expect signal and could get nothing - note I'm not saying "no data", I'm saying that the phone was effectively disconnected - couldn't even make calls with it. And then there's an area near the Forth Road Bridge that always moved my phone to "Emergency Calls Only" setting - no explanation. When I jumped ship to T-Mobile, I checked one or two of those places and sure enough - 3 to 4 bars and at least the phone was usable as a phone!

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    Only way I'd go back is if coverage expanded - the One Plan with it's lack of limits AND included tethering sounds okay at £15/month SIM only. Note that tethering is only included with the One Plan, or as a paid for option on that Ultimate Plan. My old 1.5GB T-Mobile plan had tethering - my new, much cheaper Virgin Mobile one doesn't.
    Quote Originally Posted by badsyntax View Post
    I don't work for them but this post sounds a bit like an ad.
    Yes .. it does! Quick - see if they'll sponsor you!

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    Re: News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    Quote Originally Posted by crossy View Post
    I was with Three for a good while, only switching to T-Mobile in June of last year. I got really tired of going around places you'd expect signal and could get nothing - note I'm not saying "no data", I'm saying that the phone was effectively disconnected - couldn't even make calls with it. And then there's an area near the Forth Road Bridge that always moved my phone to "Emergency Calls Only" setting - no explanation. When I jumped ship to T-Mobile, I checked one or two of those places and sure enough - 3 to 4 bars and at least the phone was usable as a phone!
    I thought 3 actually piggybacked on to Orange as a 2G/voice fallback - so for voice coverage alone they should be equal to Orange/TM/EE. Not sure technically how that is set up though (or how true it is).

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    Quote Originally Posted by virtuo View Post
    I thought 3 actually piggybacked on to Orange as a 2G/voice fallback - so for voice coverage alone they should be equal to Orange/TM/EE. Not sure technically how that is set up though (or how true it is).
    They stopped doing it a few years ago. No 2G network at all for Three customers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    They stopped doing it a few years ago. No 2G network at all for Three customers.
    Hmm, I hadn't realised that. Which was why I was a little confused why Three was a black hole whereas EE/T-Mob could get a signal - I'd assumed it was some snafu with handover from Three's network to the backup Orange/EE one. Nice to find out that the explanation was much more straightforward!

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    Re: News - Feel At Home from Three now extended to cover the USA

    Quote Originally Posted by crossy View Post
    I'd assumed it was some snafu with handover from Three's network to the backup Orange/EE one.
    That's what I thought. When I was leaving Orange earlier this year (August) they asked where I was going, told them Three and the guy said that they "used Orange's network anyway". So either they do use Orange for something, or the Orange CS people are clueless.

    I know which is more likely

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