Erm..as I said, I wasn't flaming anyone...but one should appreciate the inherent limitations of individuals trying to extrapolate national conclusions from their own experiences.

OK make you a deal, you tell me where you didn't have coverage seven years ago and I'll move to whatever network you care to recommend. You're probably right anyway, all that expensive drive testing that gets commissioned is a scam that most likely boils down to people reading forums for comments like "I was on Orange two years ago and I dropped a call while driving to my mother-in-laws" therefore Orange's network is clearly inferior to all the others.

I hope you don't bank with HSBC - my cousin went to a HSBC cash machine once and it was out of order so obviously HSBC is rubbish